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Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq talks to Al Jazeera’s Mark Seddon, five years on from the start of the war in Iraq.

Five years ago, nobody expected US forces to still be in Iraq, least of all George Bush.

At the time, George Bush was more concerned with gaining international approval for what he thought would be a short, swift war.

Owen Fay has this report.

Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq talks to Al Jazeera’s Mark Seddon, five years on from the start of the war in Iraq.

Al Jazeera’s Ghida Fakhry has spoken with Hans Blix, the former head of the UN weapons inspection team in Iraq and current chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission about the recent US sanctions against Iran. Ghida Fakhry asked him if he believed the US had tangible evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons programme and if he accepted Washington’s assertions that Iran poses a nuclear threat.

Al Jazeera has spoken with Hans Blix, the former head of the UN weapons inspection team in Iraq and current chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission about the recent US sanctions against Iran. Ghida Fakhry asked him if he believed the US had tangible evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons programme and if he accepted Washington’s assertions that Iran poses a nuclear threat.