(24 May 2007)
1. President George W Bush walking onto podium at the Rose Garden in the White House
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"Iran is constantly on the agenda at a press (inaudible) like this, or a press conference like this. And the reason why is because they continue to be defiant as to the demands of the free world. The world has spoken and said, you know, 'No nuclear weapons programs'. And yet they're constantly ignoring the demands. My view is that we need to strengthen our sanction regime."
4. Wide of news conference, pan right to news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"Our new strategy is designed to take advantage of new opportunities to partner with local tribes, to go after al- Qaida in places like Anbar, which has been the home-base of al-Qaida in Iraq. This summer is going to be a critical time for the new strategy. The last of five reinforcement brigades we are sending to Iraq is scheduled to arrive in Baghdad by mid-June. As these reinforcements carry out their missions, the enemies of a free Iraq, including al- Qaida and illegal militias, will continue to bomb and murder in an attempt to stop us. We're going to expect heavy fighting in the weeks and months. We can expect more American and Iraqi casualties. We must provide our troops with the funds and resources they need to prevail."
6. Wide of news conference
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"These benchmarks provide both the Iraqi government and the American people with a clear roadmap on the way forward. Meeting these benchmarks will be difficult. It's going to be hard work for this young government."
8. Close-up reporters
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"I would hope that they would recognise that the results would be catastrophic. But this is a sovereign nation, Martha (addressing reporter who asked the question). We are there at their request. And you know, hopefully, the Iraqi government would be wise enough to recognise that without coalition troops, particularly U.S. troops, that they would danger their very existence."
10. Side shot Bush speaking
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"I think it ought to be illustrative to the American people that al-Qaida is trying to stop new democracies from evolving. What should that tell you? That ought to tell you that we're dealing with people that have an ideology that's opposite of liberty and will take whatever measures are necessary to prevent this young democracy from succeeding. The danger in this particular theatre in the war on terror is that if we were to fail, they'd come and get us."
12. Zoom-in on Bush walking back to Oval Office
STORYLINE:
United States President George W. Bush said on Thursday that he would work with allies to beef up sanctions against Iran, one day after a new U.N. report disclosed that Tehran was accelerating its uranium enrichment program in defiance of international demands.
Speaking in a White House Rose Garden news conference, President Bush said: "We need to strengthen our sanctions regime."
He added that leaders of Iran "continue to be defiant as to the demands of the free world."
The president said he had directed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to work with European partners to develop further sanctions.
Bush's comments on Iran came against a backdrop of rising tensions.
In a fresh show of force, the U.S. has moved two aircraft carriers and seven other ships into the Persian Gulf.
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