Iraq invasion violated international law: Blix - War on Iraq: "'I cannot see that the action, in the way it was justified, was compatible with the UN Charter,' Blix said, adding that it had undermined the Security Council's authority. Blix questioned whether Saddam Hussein posed an immediate threat to his neighbours and to the United States. He said the administration of US President George W Bush must have had other reasons to invade besides 'the officially pronounced purpose to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction.'"

Iraq invasion violated international law: Blix - War on Iraq: "'I cannot see that the action, in the way it was justified, was compatible with the UN Charter,' Blix said, adding that it had undermined the Security Council's authority. Blix questioned whether Saddam Hussein posed an immediate threat to his neighbours and to the United States. He said the administration of US President George W Bush must have had other reasons to invade besides 'the officially pronounced purpose to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction.'"