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  • Sarin not evidence of WMD: Blix

    05/17/2004 8:20:19 PM PDT · by yatros from flatwater · 184 replies · 578+ views
    Melbourne Herald Sun ^ | 18 May, 2004 | Matt Moore
    FORMER chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said that a shell containing sarin nerve gas used in an attack in Iraq was most likely a stray weapon possibly from the first Gulf War. Blix said today that the discovery of the nerve agent was not a sign that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction before the war last year. The US-led coalition used that claim to justify the invasion even though UN inspectors failed to make any significant finds before the war. The former Swedish foreign minister said the 155-mm shell used to attack a US military...