Hans Blix at the Iraq war inquiry - live

Live coverage as the UN's former chief weapons inspector gives evidence to the Chilcot panel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2010/jul/27/hans-blix-iraq-inquiry-live

3.15pm: Blix says that when the team was reporting back after visiting the sites that they were not finding WMD, the US and UK should have started to reconsider their sources, and realise that these were poor. That should be the lesson drawn.

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2.51pm: Blix says it wasn't stated that the weapons had been reconstituted at that point, just that they existed. He first became suspicious about the claims when he saw reports about uranium being imported from Niger. It took the council one day in March 2003 to work out they were forgeries. He said it was the most scandalous part of the whole thing.

2.47pm: Blix is asked to comment on the now discredited dossier issued by the British government in 2003. He says at that time the inspections had not been restarted. The dossier drew on Unscom's accounts but they had never said the weapons existed.

Blix said at the time he suspected that Iraq has WMD, but did not say so publicly because of his role. "The security council did not assume it so I did not say it publicly."