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Bush: 'We're Going Forward'
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Bush also said that he saw a tape of part of Hussein's execution, although he did not watch the part showing the former dictator being hanged. A chaotic and undignified scene in which Hussein was taunted -- and secretly taped by a cellphone camera -- accompanied the execution and seemed to fuel the sectarian bitterness tearing at Iraq.
"They could have handled it a lot better," Bush said of the execution.
Last week, the U.S. military arrested five Iranians in Iraq, accusing them of providing arms and other support to militants battling coalition troops. Iran has called for their release, asserting that they are diplomats -- a call that has been joined by Iraqi officials.
Bush said if the U.S. military catches Iranians in Iraq "harming U.S. citizens or Iraqi citizens, you know we will deal with them."
Cheney said Iran has created tensions in the Middle East with its pursuit of nuclear weapons and by meddling in Iraq.
"I think it's been pretty well known that Iran is fishing in troubled waters, if you will, inside Iraq," he said. "And the president has responded to that."
Staff writer Walter Pincus contributed to this report.
