I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.

Early life and career
Blix was born in Uppsala Sweden. Gold Medal for distinguiHans Blixd service in the field of nuclear affairs by the Uranium Institute (now World Nuclear Association) in 1997. In December 2006 the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission said in a report that Pakistan's infamous and controversial scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan could not have acted alone or "without the awareness of the Pakistan Government".

Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003 when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos. In 2002 the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction ultimately finding none.