Hans Blix tells crowd at UT the use of pre-emptive force sets a dangerous precedent By Nicolas Brulliard AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, April 29, 2004 Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix sharply criticized the intelligence presented by the United States in the buildup to the war in Iraq and warned against the use of pre-emptive force in a Wednesday night speech at the University of Texas. "A pre-emptive strike must necessarily rest on intelligence that indicates the danger to be occurring, the attack to be countered," Blix said. "And it is not hard to see that the intelligence that underpinned...