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Hans Blix - Iraq disarmament crisis 2002-2003

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During the Iraq disarmament crisis before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Blix was called back from retirement by UN Director General Kofi Annan to lead United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission in charge of monitoring Iraq. Hans Blix personally admonished Saddam for "cat and mouse" games [3] and warned Iraq of "serious consequences" if it attempted to hinder or delay his mission [4]. Blix's statements about the Iraq WMD program came to contradict the claims of the Bush administration, and attracted a great d ...

Hans Blix: Encyclopedia II - Hans Blix - Iraq disarmament crisis 2002-2003

Hans Blix - Iraq disarmament crisis 2002-2003

Hans Blix personally admonished Saddam for "cat and mouse" games [3] and warned Iraq of "serious consequences" if it attempted to hinder or delay his mission [4].

Blix's statements about the Iraq WMD program came to contradict the claims of the Bush administration, and attracted a great deal of criticism from supporters of the invasion of Iraq. In an interview on BBC TV on February 8, 2004, Dr. Blix accused the U.S. and British governments of dramatising the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in order to strengthen the case for the 2003 war against the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Newt Gingrich stated that approving Hans Blix as chief U.N. weapons inspector was a mistake made "even though he was clearly opposed to war and determined to buy time and find excuses for Saddam Hussein." [5]

In an interview with London's Guardian newspaper, Hans Blix said; "I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media". [6]

In 2004, Blix published a book, Disarming Iraq, where he gives his account of the events and inspections before the United States began its invasion.

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