Blix doubts on Iraq intelligence
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Hans Blix says the UK and US should reveal any evidence of WMD
Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has said Britain and the US dramatised intelligence information to bolster the argument for the Iraq war.
He told the BBC those who drafted the UK's Iraqi arms dossier
acted like salesmen trying to "exaggerate the importance" of their wares. Mr Blix said British and American intelligence officials had placed too much weight on what Iraqi defectors told them.
He also blamed "spin" which both governments put on the intelligence for the mistake.
"It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it," he said. He challenged the UK and US to produce the evidence of weapons programmes they claim to have uncovered.
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Hans Blix says the UK and US should reveal any evidence of WMD