Mr. Blix was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna from 1981-97.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
U.N. weapons inspection chief Hans Blix said his inspectors never found evidence of such labs.
So the Blix process was destroying a delivery mechanism, and (interjection) ... we were suddenly told.
Mr Blix is reported to be preparing to tell Iraq to destroy the missiles.
Mr Blix said the documents contained "some elements which are positive which need to be explored further".
But Blix wants his team to return, saying it would increase the credibility of any weapons discoveries.
But Mr Blix's hunch before the war, that he was up to no good, wasn't far wrong.
This would be shortly after Hans Blix, the chief weapons inspector, makes another report to the Security Council.
He is not now co-operating, as Dr Blix made clear in his recent report to the Security Council.
But the fact remains that Saddam Hussein could not have asked for a more pliable character than Hans Blix.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
Blix has put a Saturday deadline for Iraq to begin destroying the missiles.
None of this, it seems, set off any alarms bells for Mr. Blix.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
Mr Blix stressed that Baghdad had provided inspections teams with prompt access to the sites they wished to visit.
Mr Blix confirmed that Iraq's Al-Samoud missile programme exceeded UN-imposed limits on range and was "therefore proscribed for Iraq".
Mr. Blix knows that a huge majority of his fellow Swedes despise the idea of a military confrontation with Iraq.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
Mr Blix has been hoping that he will be allowed to present another report to the Security Council in February.
On December 20th, Mr Blix called on America and Britain to share any intelligence they might have with the inspectors.
The 10th anniversary of the war in Iraq will be marked by a lecture from Swedish politician and diplomat Hans Blix.
All this encouraged France to suggest that the Security Council ask for another progress report from Mr Blix on March 14th.
Earlier, Iraqi officials said they were considering how to respond to the Blix demand that Iraq begin destroying the missiles this weekend.
The State Department appears to be putting its full confidence in Blix.
If Iraq co-operates, however, Mr Blix holds out the possibility of the country rejoining the international community and, eventually, having sanctions lifted.
The chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, could travel to Iraq with an advance team within two weeks to start the inspection process.
Hans Blix, the chief inspector, will join with Mr ElBaradei on January 27th to present a progress report to the Security Council.
On February 14th, Hans Blix, the UN's chief weapons inspector, told the council that although progress was slow, it was being made.
Mr Blix has been keen not to seem to turn down the extra help that France and others want to give him.
Given more time, will Messrs Blix and ElBaradei find anything more dramatic?
In particular, they do not trust Hans Blix, the chief weapons inspector.
"Saddam Hussein has certainly figured himself to be a sort of emperor of Mesopotamia and the leader of the Arab world, " Blix said.
Mr Sabri explained that the invitation to Mr Blix had been part of a proposal for a full review of issues, including sanctions.
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