El Baradei: "..There are claims against Syria..there were claims against Iraq, which were proven bonkers... the result was a terrible war"

Reuters, here

"...IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei urged the agency governors to approve the Syrian aid project, saying it would be wrong to curb Damascus's IAEA membership rights based on unverified reports that it had violated non-proliferation commitments....

U.S. assertions Saddam Hussein had a mass-destruction weapon programme led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq but proved unfounded...."