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Hans Blix,

Swedish diplomat, headed the United Nations weapons inspection team that was preparing in October to return to Iraq to search the country for chemical, biological, and ballistic weapons. Blix negotiated the logistics of the mission with Iraqi officials as the U.S. faced off with other members of the Security Council over the wording of a UN resolution.


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