Blix disappointed as war starts

Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix today expressed his disappointment at the decision to go to war when his teams had not completed their work of eliminating Iraq’s illicit weapons programmes.

"Unmovic had been making good progress with cooperation from the Iraqis," said Dr Blix, who signalled that he did not believe the UN Security Council had intended the inspection process initiated by Resolution 1441 in November to last less than four months.