Ahmadinejad scorns US and Israel

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused US President George W Bush of "sowing the seeds of division" during his recent Middle East visit.

Israel says Tehran could have a nuclear bomb by 2010 and has warned an Iranian nuclear weapon would threaten the Jewish state's existence.

Mr Bush told Gulf state leaders during his eight-day tour, which also took in Israel and the West Bank, that Iran was the world's top sponsor of terrorism.

But Mr Ahmadinejad hit back on al-Jazeera, saying: "President George Bush sent a message... of rift, a message of sowing the seeds of division. It is a message of confrontation."

Israel, the US and key allies accuse Iran of trying to build nuclear weapons but Tehran says it is enriching uranium to generate electricity.

This article is another example of Western skepticism over Iran's nuclear program. Even though Iran says that it will use uranium to generate electricity, the U.S. and Israel are fearful that Iran might produce nuclear weapons by the year 2010. President Ahmadinejad belives that the skepticism has been caused by President Bush's visit to the Middle East and his move to label Iran as the "world's top sponsor of terrorism."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7195240.stm