London, July 08: A day after the House of Commons committee issued a damning report over his justification for going to war in Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair today said he stood "totally" by the case he made for removing Saddam Hussein from power. "I stand by that case totally. I am quite sure we did the right thing in removing Saddam Hussein," Blair told parliament's Laison Committee, made up of the chairmen of all the House of Commons watchdog select committees.

The Laison Committe was today questioning Blair about the case he made for the Iraq war, as well as domestic issues.
Asked if he regretted anything done in the lead-up to the war, Blair pointed to the way an academic thesis had been used without attribution in February's "dodgy dossier".
"I am quite sure we did the right thing because not merely was it a threat to the region and the wider world, but it was an appalling regime which the world is well rid of..."

"I refute any suggestion that we misled parliament and the people totally." Bureau Report