The Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq's next-door neighbour, has benefited in every way from President George W Bush's decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
It is probably the best thing that has happened to Iran since the Islamic Revolution there in 1979. Iran has seen its sworn enemy, Saddam, removed from power. And it has seen the arrival in power in Baghdad of pro-Iranian Shia politicians like the prime minister himself, Ibrahim Jaafari. Mr Jaafari was given asylum for many years in Iran and has much to be grateful to its fundamentalist Shia government for. He and several of his ministers went to Tehran last week, and reached all sorts of new economic, political and military agreements and understandings with Iran.
European critics of the American-led invasion used to accuse President Bush of wanting to create an American colony in the Middle East. Instead, the January election has turned Iraq into Iran's closest ally.
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