General David Petraeus, commander of the Multi national Forces in Iraq, after Bush speech, told reporters that the Iranian regime is behind sending EFPs to Iraq. During recent month sending deadly EFPs to Iraq has sharply raised; the bombs which are produced by the Iranian regime. He added that Iran has also increased its aids to the militias over recent months.

Earlier Gen. David Petraeus said after a meeting with President Bush who was visiting troops in Kuwait: “In this year, EFPs have gone up, actually, over the last 10 days by a factor of two or three, and frankly we’re trying to determine why that might be.”