US Aggression, U.S. Aggression Quotes
The United States had publicly accused Iran of providing explosives weapons to the Iraqi insurgents who were killing each other and American soldiers in their Sunni-Shiia Islamic internecine civil war. The Iraq War was going poorly for America and the vast majority of the American public was opposed to the George W. Bush increase in troops fighting in Iraq. Many Americans suggested that Bush might be accusing Iran at that point in time (Iran had been doing it for several years) in order to distract public opinion from the bad news of more bombings and killings in Iraq. The Iranian president was more definitive in his accusation. Bush’s spokespeople claimed that they have just assembled better evidence which accounted for the recent announcement.
Nasrallah claims to be descended from the Prophet Muhammad.