Why does Blair say Iran may be linked to Iraq bombs ?

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday that evidence pointed to Iran or its Lebanese Hizbollah allies as the source of sophisticated explosives used in roadside bombs in Iraq, although Britain did not have proof.

The story sounds amazing, almost fantastical.

A car driving through the outskirts of a besieged city
opens fire on a police checkpoint, killing one. In
pursuit, the police surround and detain the drivers
and find the vehicle packed with explosives – perhaps
part of an insurgent's plan to destroy lives and
cripple property. If that isn't enough, when the
suspects are thrown in prison their allies drive right
up to the walls of the jail, break through them and
brave petroleum bombs and burning clothes to rescue
their comrades. 150 other prisoners break free in the
ensuing melee.

Incredible, no? Yet this story took place in the
southern Iraqi city of Basra recently. Violence
continues to escalate in the breakout's aftermath...
just not for the reasons you think.

You see, the drivers of the explosive-laden car were
not members of an insurgency group – they were British
Special Forces. Their rescuers? British soldiers
driving British tanks.