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Thu 02 Feb 2007Bush 'certain' Iran is supplying roadside bombsIRAQ:President Bush has said he is certain that Iran is supplying deadly roadside bombs that have killed US soldiers in Iraq but he admitted he has no evidence that the orders came from the highest levels of government in Tehran.In his first press conference this year, the president said there was no doubt that the Quds force, part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, is supplying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to Shia militias in Iraq. "I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops . . . I do not know whether or not the Quds force was ordered from the top echelons of government," he said.