What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons. Hans Blix amazebiologicalchemical Change image and share on social
Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms. Hans Blix armenvironmentalissue Change image and share on social
By and large my relations with the US were good. Hans Blix goodlargerelation Change image and share on social
Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different. Hans Blix ceasefiredisarmamentforce Change image and share on social
The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons of self-destruction. Hans Blix destructioniranianiraqi Change image and share on social
The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Hans Blix biologicalceasefirechemical share on social
If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps a single individual who was able to make anthrax, dry it, and spread it through the mail and cause terror. Hans Blix anthraxbiologicalindividual Change image and share on social
