Former Iraqi Weapons Inspector Blix Calls Putin 'Very Rational'

Former United Nations (UN) weapons inspector Hans Blix said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin would not risk a disaster at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, despite growing international concerns about its safety. The Kremlin leader was “very rational” and “knew what he was doing”, a former Swedish foreign minister said, insisting repeatedly that Iraq was not developing nuclear weapons before the 1990 Gulf War. Blix (96 years old), served as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1981 to 1997. Blix later headed a team of UN inspectors tasked with determining whether Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. He could never be sure of that. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) chairs a meeting on the situation in the Kursk region, at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024. (Photo: AFP) His findings contradict claims made by US President George W. Bush, who ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003. “This was a huge mistake by the US, based on misinformation and the belief that US intelligence knew more than we did,” Blix told AFP. “The Iraq war was an aberration.” At that time, Blix said, the US faced no risk of intervention from …

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Former Iraqi Weapons Inspector Blix Calls Putin 'Very Rational'

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