(24 Apr 2003)

1. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer entering briefing room
2. Pan of White House briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"We note some recent reports about Iranian activities. We've made clear to Iran that we would oppose any outside organisations interference in Iraq - interfering with their road to democracy. Infiltration of agents to destabilise the Shi'a population clearly fall into that category and that is the position that we've made clear to Iraq."
4. Cutaway journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"There's no love lost between the Iraqi people and the Iranian people. The Iraqi Shi'ite community is a very capable community, a very large community, and a very diverse community. And, I think that any efforts by anybody outside of Iraq to try and create an outsiders version of what should take place by the Iraqi people, for the Iraqi people will not have much chance of success."
6. Cutaway journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"Number one we are pleased by the initial reports that we have received about the agreement that the Palestinian authorities have apparently reached between Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat. The next step would be the submission of the cabinet to the Palestinian legislature as well as the PLC would need to quickly approve it which would take place over the coming days. Those are the next two steps that would take place before this is actually certified and ratified. See no need for that to take any length of time, any period of time. When that happens we will officially provide the road map to the parties soon thereafter."
8. Press cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ari Fleischer, White House Spokesman:
"Well the road map is a series of actions that need to be taken by all parties. And I think it's fair to say that when you look at the difficult history of peace in the Middle East, none of this is easy. But it is certainly much easier than the violence that has taken place, and the loss of blood that has taken place between Israelis and Palestinians over the past several years. There's been somewhat of an absence of suicide or homicide attacks recently. There's an increasing willingness, it seems, for the parties to want to work together and that's all to the good. This may very well be the right time, the right moment to do something new and different in the Middle East in terms of the parties working together to achieve peace in the Middle East. The road map in the president's judgement can help foster that climate, can help make that happen."
10. Wide of briefing room
11. Fleischer leaving room
12. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher walking to podium
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman
"We look forward to speedy confirmation by the Palestinian Legislative Council. The United States also looks forward to working with Abu Mazen and with the Israelis as they begin the hard work of ending the violence and returning to a political process that can achieve the President's vision of two states, Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security."
14. Wide of news conference
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, State Department spokesman
"Certainly we have made very clear that the introduction of armed forces or armed groups from outside of Iraq, the harboring of individuals who may go back and find safe haven, from across the border - these were the things that are not only inappropriate but sometimes dangerous and shouldn't be allowed at all."

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