"What's positive is that Saddam and his bloody regime is gone, but when figuring out the score, the negatives weigh more," the former chief U.N. weapons inspector was quoted as saying in the daily newspaper Jyllands Posten.

"That accounts for the many casualties during the war and the many people who still die because of the terrorism the war has nourished," he said. "The war has liberated the Iraqis from Saddam, but the costs have been too great."

Krigen i Irak og alle dens konsekvenser er et st�rre onde for irakerne og for verden, end Saddam Husseins diktatur var, mener den tidligere chef for v�beninspekt�rerne.

S�dan lyder meldingen fra den tidligere leder af FN's v�beninspekt�rer i Irak, den svenske diplomat Hans Blix, som Jyllands-Posten har interviewet i hans hjem i Stockholm.

�Det positive er, at Saddam og hans blodige regime er borte, men n�r man g�r regnskabet op, s� vejer det negative klart tungest. Det g�lder de mange dr�bte under krigen og de mange, der fortsat d�r p� grund af terrorismen, som krigen har g�det jorden for. Ogs� de vestlige regeringers trov�rdighed og FN's autoritet har taget skade. Krigen har befriet irakerne for Saddam, men omkostningerne har v�ret for store,� siger Hans Blix.

Han mener, at mange irakere i dag ville �nske den ro og stabilitet, som trods alt fandtes under Saddam Husseins terrorv�lde.

�Man m� sp�rge irakerne, hvad de foretr�kker. Ville de foretr�kke at have Saddam ved magten i dag frem for at blive plaget af den terrorisme, de har nu? Det tror jeg desv�rre, de ville. Det var roligere og mere stabilt under Saddam,� siger Blix.

En omfattende unders�gelse viser, at majoriteten af irakerne er glade for at v�re sluppet af med Saddam, og mindre end en procent af de adspurgte begr�der hans afgang.

�De har jo ikke noget valg, for han er v�k for tid og evighed, og er de gladere for amerikanerne? Nej, vel?�

The war to Irak and all its consequences is a bigger evil by Irakerne and by universe, than Saddam Hussein's dictatorship were, intends the sometime manager by v�beninspekt�rerne. Such sounds bid from the sometime administrator from FN's v�beninspekt�rer to Irak, the swedish diplomat His Blix, that Jyllands - The Mail has the interview to his homes to Stockholm.

�Det sympathetic is, that Saddam and his blood region is gone, however catching decent doing the account up, so scaling that negative evident hard. That apply they a lot of killed amid the war and they a lot of, there prosecuted deceases on account of the terrorism, that the war has g�det the earth by. Too they vestlige the government credibility and FN's authority has taken harm. The war has released Irakerne by Saddam, however the expenses has been by heavy says His Blix.

He intends, that a lot of irakere today ville desire the peace and steadiness, that in spite of everything found amid Saddam Husseins terrorv�lde.

�Man can interrogate Irakerne, what they choose. Ville they elect that orchard Saddam known the force today forth to become bothered from the terrorism, they've actually? That think I alas, they ville. It was calm and better steady amid Saddam,� says Blix.

A extensive examination displays, that the majority from Irakerne is pleased to v�re sluppet from by Saddam, and under a percentage from they adspurgte bewail his falling off.

�De has why no choice, by he is away for ever and ever, and are they pleased by the Americans? No, well? �

[in full at 04.04.06b.htm]

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