Iran v Bush and the Press

President Bush at Press Conference 14/2/07

Full Transcript of Conference and Video

Iran in the Frame: At a Press Conference today the President stated that the government of Iran was behind the supply of deadly bombs in Iraq although the President did not blame the leadership in Iraq, the President stated the following on Iran actions in Iraq, ' What we do know is that the Quds force was instrumental in providing these deadly IEDs to networks inside of Iraq. We know that. And we also know that the Quds force is a part of the Iranian government. That's a known. What we don't know is whether or not the head leaders of Iran ordered the Quds force to do what they did. '. The New York Times stated the following ' President Bush said today he is certain that elements of the Iranian government are supplying deadly roadside bombs that kill American troops in Iraq, even if the innermost circle of the government is not involved. ' The Times could not help itself from the mention of the flawed information that lead to the War in Iraq in 2003. It has to be stated that history is littered with one arm of the government not telling the other what it is doing, so that Iran on one hand is taking action in Iraq the leadership might not have all the information on what all areas of government are doing as part of policy.

Wall Street Journal has a very interesting article on the threat from Iran, it stated the following, ' Pentagon sources have been saying for several years that Iranian-style munitions have been appearing in Iraq, and arms smugglers have been caught coming across the Iranian border. What's new is that the Iranian-marked weapons have actually been put on display and an estimate of their toll made public: more than 170 Americans killed in action and more than 600 wounded. ' This was Yesterday and today we have the the President putting Iran in the Frame for the havoc in Iraq, it would be more in Western interest if talks and diplomacy fail to attack Iran's Nuclear development before it becomes active or Israel will have to do the West's dirty work for it again as it did in the early 1980s in Iraq.

Time , More on Quds and Iran.