- ROME (AFP) -- The US-led
war on Iraq has spurred terrorism instead of combatting it as intended,
the former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said in remarks published on
Sunday.
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- "The fact is that the war on Iraq, sought by the
United States following September 11 attacks, has not put an end to
terrorism
in the world," he told Italy's La Stampa newspaper.
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- "On the contrary, the result of this iron-fisted
approach has been to give it a boost."
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- "It is now clear that terrorism must not be tackled
through repression alone, but also through an understanding of its root
causes," Blix told the daily, which is owned by Fiat
industries.
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- Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction -- the threat
which formed the basis for the US decision to invade Iraq -- have yet to
materialise despite intensive searches on the ground.
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- The United States had repeatedly argued that the alleged
banned weapons risked finding their way into terrorist hands.
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