BUSH WARNS IRAN. CALLS FOR MORE NATO TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN

The war drums are starting to beat again only this time they are coming from the Bush White House in Crawford, Texas where President Bush issued a stern warning to the President of Iran on the eve of his historic visit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki in Baghdad over the weekend.

President George W. Bush on Saturday warned his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to "stop exporting terror" ahead of the Iranian leader's historic visit to Iraq.Bush, at a press conference at his Texas ranch with visiting Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said while Iraq needed to hold talks with its neighbor it should make clear to Tehran it must stop arming Iraqi militias.

He said that "the message needs to be 'quit sending in sophisticated equipment that's killing our citizens.'"Bush said his message for Ahmadinejad was "stop exporting terror."

Bush warns Iran, calls for more NATO troops in Afghanistan

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The United States has accused Iran of supplying Iraq insurgents with bombs used to attack US soldiers and is increasingly concerned over Tehran's influence in the Shiite-majority country.

Ahmadinejad hopes his groundbreaking visit to Iraq on Sunday will mark a major step in bolstering ties between Iran and its conflict-torn western neighbor, marking a new chapter after a devastating eight-year war in the 1980s.

Bush spoke after a two day summit with the Danish prime minister focusing on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, telling reporters he would lobby NATO members to offer more troops to the mission in Afghanistan.

"My administration has made it abundantly clear we expect people to carry a heavy burden if they are going to be in Afghanistan," Bush said.

The US president said he understood "there are certain political constraints on certain countries" but said he planned to press for more NATO troop contributions at a major summit in Bucharest in April.

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