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They were thorough, impartial and right. So why lose their skills?

Focus: As the team that insisted Iraq had no WMD is disbanded, with no plan for a similar multilateral body, key players share their concerns with Rebecca McQuillan .

There aren't many diplomats who attain the same prominence as prime ministers or film stars, but for a few weeks in 2003, the world was watching Dr Hans Blix.