WE'LL REAP WHAT WE SOWED

Another blundering by-product of the war in Iraq is what will take the place of Saddam's secular Iraq; We can get an idea from one of Iran's 'Supreme Leader' Ayatollah Khamenei's top advisors.


Senior Iran cleric hails "Islamic state of Iraq" Fri. 26 Aug 2005



Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26 - A senior Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the establishment of an Islamic republic in Iraq and hailed the country's new constitution as one based on "Islamic precepts".

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful ultra-conservative Guardian Council, told worshippers in Tehran's Friday prayers, "Fortunately, after years of effort and expectations in Iraq, an Islamic state has come to power and the constitution has been established on the basis of Islamic precepts".

"We must congratulate the Iraqi people and authorities for this victory", he said.

Jannati, who is a top confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that all justice-seeking counties of the world "have no model other than the Islamic revolution in Iran to turn to".

"Lebanese Hezbollah and the state of Iraq are not the only supporters of the Islamic revolution", he said.