Blix: UK's '45 Minutes to Deploy' Claim Was Error

[Wonk]

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government made a "fundamental mistake" when it claimed Iraq's Saddam Hussein could deploy weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes, the former head of U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix said.

He told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper the claim, made in the government's September dossier on Iraq weapons, seemed "pretty far off the mark."

"It seems to me highly unlikely that there were any means of delivering biological or chemical weapons within 45 minutes," he said.

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[NYC]

1. Maybe Blair really meant to say 45 years.

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[absolutezero]

2. i just posted this

about 20 minutes ago...then it was locked...then i posted it again...the moderators are prably getting annoyed with me....

[Wonk]

3. Happy Birthday. I saw your other post and figured I'd save you the trouble

of reposting but I guess you didn't notice before posting again. Mods will lock your other thread LBN thread too, but don't take it personally.

:toast:

[absolutezero]

4. no problem

I was trying to do both at the same time....the first time I posted the title was "Saw this on Reuters", completely forgeting that you need the actual title....