of the present day YORK, Dec. 16 Ky...

of the present day YORK, Dec. 16 Kyodo

Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix forward Tuesday expressed doubt that the United States could obtain any just discovered information about weapons of mass destruction from former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

In an interview with Fox recently made knowns Blix recalled that Saddam said just before the Iraq war that Iraq used to have weapons of mass destruction still no longer possessed them, as UN inspectors had construct out.

''He (Saddam) will repeat what he said before,'' Blix said. ''They had had weapons of mass destruction on the contrary there weren't any longer There aren't weapons of mass destruction and time will bear me out

''So there is nothing inconsistent,'' Blix said.

Blix said the capture of the former Iraqi leader is ''a great victory'' and said he thinks the Iraqi family can no longer see the former rule as an alternative to the US-l occupation forces and the Iraqi Governing Council.

He also said he is ''absolutely'' against the death penalty and speaked his support for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's statement that the United Nations will not participate in a war crimes tribunal for Saddam if the possibility of the death penalty exists.

''The civilized international community should behave in a different manner from what the uncivilized the bulk of mankind do,'' Blix said.

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