LONDEN (AFP) - Hans Blix, de vroegere belangrijkste de wapensinspecteur van de V.N., sloeg de oorlog van Irak als „tragedie dicht“ en beschuldigde het op leiders die de feiten, in een commentaar stuk gepubliceerde Thursday.Writing in de Beschermer op de verjaardag van vijf jaar van ons-Geleid negeren van het overdrijven van de bedreiging van Iraakse dictator Saddam Hussein’s alleged “weapons of mass destruction” — traces of which have never been found.

In his comment piece, he said the war was a “setback in the world’s efforts to develop legal restraints on the use of armed force between states” and added that in 2003, “Iraq was not a real or imminent threat to anybody.”

Blix wrote that had coalition troops not deposed Saddam, “he would, in all likelihood, have become another Kadhafi or Castro; an oppressor of his own people but no longer a threat to the world.”

He said that one positive sign to emerge from the conflict was that “it may be that the spectacular failure of ensuring disarmament by force, and of introducing democracy by occupation, will work in favour of a greater use of diplomacy and ’soft power’.”

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