While inept President Bush is blaming the recent heightened violence on Al Queda, BBC has reported that Iraqi President Talabani has met with Iranian President Ahmadinejad to ask for help in quelling the violence (you won’t see this in the American press).

Mr Talabani was given a red-carpet welcome by Mr Ahmadinejad at Iran’s presidential palace and inspected a guard of honour.

Iranian television quoted the Iraqi president as saying: "We are in dire need of Iran’s help in establishing security and stability in Iraq."

The US and UK have repeatedly accused Iran of impeding efforts to stabilise Iraq.

But Mr Ahmadinejad said a secure, progressive and powerful Iraq was in the interests of Iran and the whole region.

He said the situation inflicted on Iraq by its enemies pained all Iranians and Muslims.

"Any help the government and nation of Iran can give to strengthen security in Iraq will be given," he said. "We have no limitation for co-operation in any field."

Iranian officials said Iran had been trying to organise a summit including Mr Ahmadinejad, Mr Talabani and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but that Damascus had not responded to the invitation.

The BBC’s Frances Harrison in Tehran says some have suggested Iran wants to keep the US bogged down in Iraq to prevent it attacking Iran in the future over its nuclear programme.

But she says it seems Iran is increasingly concerned about the uncontrollable level of violence in Iraq.

Mr Ahmadinejad has previously said Iran is willing to help but only if the US changes its approach and abandons what it calls its "bullying" of Iran.

This follows the most violent sectarian attacks yet.  For those of you unfamiliar with Bush propaganda, sectarian violence is the same as Civil War, however none of the press has been able to bring themselves to admit this.