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July 29, 2003

Blair defends case for Iraq war

From the photo caption for this story: A new poll shows 54 percent of those questioned would not trust Blair "further than I could throw him."

The number isn't actually that stunning, but it's pretty funny that a polling company included that phrasing in a question. It's a slightly different metric than the rest of the pack.

CNN.com - Blair defends case for Iraq war - Jul. 8, 2003
British support for war declining, poll shows

LONDON, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair has staunchly defended his case for going to war with Iraq, rejecting claims that he misled Britain ahead of the conflict.

"I refute any suggestion we misled parliament or the country totally," Blair told a committee of senior members of parliament Tuesday.

"I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq. I stand 100 percent by it and I think our intelligence services gave us the correct intelligence and information at the time.

"I am quite sure we did the right thing in removing Saddam Hussein because not merely was he a threat ... to the wider world but it was an appalling regime that the world is well rid of."

Fighting for his political reputation, Blair said he was confident that weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq.

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