[Peace-discuss] Hans Blix comments

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Blix: Iraq Worse Off Now Than With Saddam
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
Filed at 8:50 a.m. ET

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Iraq is worse off now, after the U.S.-led 
invasion, than it was under Saddam Hussein, Hans Blix told a Danish newspaper Tuesday.

``What's positive is that Saddam and his bloody regime is gone, but when 
figuring out the score, the negatives weigh more,'' the former chief U.N. weapons 
inspector was quoted as saying in the daily newspaper Jyllands Posten.

``That accounts for the many casualties during the war and the many people 
who still die because of the terrorism the war has nourished,'' he said. ``The 
war has liberated the Iraqis from Saddam, but the costs have been too great.''

Blix, whose inspection team didn't make any significant weapons finds during 
months of searching Iraq before the war, has sharply criticized the United 
States and Britain for their invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein's regime.

The primary reason given for the invasion was to rid the country of weapons 
of mass destruction. None were found during or after the invasion.

The former Swedish foreign minister currently heads a newly created 
Stockholm-based independent commission on weapons of mass destruction.

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Jyllands Posten daily: http://www.jp.dk/