Iran: Radio says George Bush playing with words to prolong Iraq's occupation.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of commentary by Iranian radio on 2 May

President George Bush of America has announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq. However his refusal to announce the definite end of all operations, has raised some questions. An analyst of the radio's research and commentary group on American affairs, Mr Kheradmand, comments on the subject:

[Kheradmand] There are many reasons why the president of America has refused to declare the end of the war in Iraq. Instead he tried to use such vague terms as the end of major combat operations in Iraq so as to describe the toppling of the Iraqi regime as a great …