CNN: Blair Defends Bush On Iraq Weapons

British Prime Minister Tony Blair Wednesday deflected a call for an independent inquiry into his country's role in the Iraq war, saying there was "absolutely no doubt" about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

"Had we failed to act, the dictator's (Saddam Hussein's) weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day," Bush said.

"There can be no doubt at all that those weapons existed, absolutely no doubt because that is said not just by this government or the United States government, it was set out in detail over 12 years by the United Nations and by United Nations inspectors," Blair said.