Blix Slams U.S. on Handling of Iraq War

[Khephra]

ATHENS, Greece -- Former U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix accused the United States of showing "questionable honesty" over Iraq and said the country was attacked despite posing no immediate threat.

"In Iraq, there was no sign of an immediate threat" from weapons of mass destruction, Blix told the Athens daily Kathimerini, in an interview published Sunday. "What worries me is the questionable honesty of a government that publicly presents certain arguments, but privately has different thoughts."

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"The American government ... has the tendency to reach hasty conclusions," Blix said. "I don't think anything will come to light in Iraq that will justify the invasion."

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-greece-iraq-blix,0,2566707.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Lindacooks]

1. Thank God for Blix

n/t

[jimshoes]

2. Bet that don't make

the 6:00 news.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

3. Wolfowitz will rue the day

that he tasked the CIA with investigating Hans Blix's past work.

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48537-2002Apr14?language=printer )

[dArKeR]

4. Blix Questions U.S. Honesty - CBS

Former U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix accused the United States of showing “questionable honesty” over Iraq and said the country was attacked despite posing no immediate threat.

Blix spent three years searching for Iraqi chemical, biological and ballistic missiles as head of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. He has been critical of the role played by the U.S. and British governments in Iraq, in interviews since his retirement on June 30.

“In Iraq, there was no sign of an immediate threat” from weapons of mass destruction, Blix told the Athens daily Kathimerini, in an interview published Sunday. “What worries me is the questionable honesty of a government that publicly presents certain arguments, but privately has different thoughts.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/25/iraq/main560449.shtml