“I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media.”

— Hans Blix

The Guardian, "Blix: I was smeared by the Pentagon" June 11, 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,974998,00.html

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Swedish politician 1928

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