http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041013/2004-10-13T205758Z_01_L13594252_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-BLIX-DC.htmlBlix Says Iraq War Stimulated World Terrorism
Oct 13, 4:57 PM (ET)
By Patrick McLoughlin
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said Wednesday the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had failed tragically in its aim of making the world a safer place and succeeded only in stimulating terrorism.
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"The acknowledged gain of the war was that a treacherous and murderous dictator (Saddam Hussein) was removed, but the rest has been tragedy and failure," he told Reuters in an interview. "It has stimulated terrorism."
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Is the world safer? No. It's not safer in Iraq," he said in his native Stockholm. "If North Korea and Iran are contemplating going for weapons of mass destruction, then it hasn't stopped them. It has not solved the Middle East conflict."
OTHER ISSUES NEGLECTED
Blix suggested Washington and London had lost perspective in focusing on Saddam who, it has since emerged, was not involved in developing nuclear arms.
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