Hans Blix Interview on the Niger Forgeries

[kpete]

Hans Blix Interview on the Niger Forgeries
by rom wyo
Sat Dec 10, 2005 at 04:39:13 PM PDT
Hans Blix has released an interview to the Italian daily, la Repubblica, on the Niger yellowcake canard. Hans Blix was head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (Unmovic) during the crucial period leading up to the invasion of Iraq. The report, published on December 10th, is signed by Carlo Bonini and Giuseppe D'Avanzo.


Let's go back to what you call the "Nigergate scandal." What do you think about the fact that the story has yet to find those answers that you mentioned before?


HANS BLIX: "I'll suggest two considerations. The first: how will it be possible from now on to believe the United States when it cries wolf? How will it be possible to take for genuine intelligence information that gave that sort of proof in the Iraq affair? Take an example. Let's say U.S. intelligence has seized a computer that proves the Iranian nuclear program is not for civil use. Well, I don't know if that information is trustworthy or not. And I ask myself: how can I trust ?"


And the second consideration?


HANS BLIX: "Nigergate demonstrates the politicization of intelligence. We've been told that on the eve of the war, the western information services told the national governments what those governments wanted to hear. And this had disastrous effects, both before and after. Because if you make a mistaken diagnosis you can be sure that the therapy is going to be totally off mark. And that is exactly what happened in Iraq."
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/10/183913/83
http://www.repubblica.it/2005/j/sezioni/esteri/nigergate/blix/blix.html

[panader0]

1. When and how is this yellowcake "Nigergate"

going to come to a head? It seems like all the dirt has been unearthed, yet the media have ignored it.

[xchrom]

2. ding ding ding

we have a winner!

now if someone will just say bush{co} did it on purpose.

i.e. liar instead of misled.