Bush Blames Iran

Associated Press
February 14, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Wednesday he's convinced that the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons to fighters in Iraq, even if he can't prove the orders came from the highest levels in Tehran.

More important, Mr. Bush said in his first news conference of the year, is protecting American troops against the lethal new threat. "I'm going to do something about it," Mr. Bush said.
American officials have said that Iran helped on attacks on troops in Iraq, an assertion denied by Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Meanwhile, Mr. Bush shrugged off congressional debate on a resolution opposing his Iraq policy, noting that the measure was nonbinding and mostly symbolic. But he said American troops are counting on lawmakers to provide them the funds they need to win.

Mr. Bush spoke as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives debated a measure opposing his decision to send some 21,500 additional troops to Iraq. More....