The Islamic Shia Muslims’ electoral victory in Iraq, is a victory for the world, George W. Bush said last night.
The Shia Muslims sealed their historic political ascendancy last night winning just under half of the votes in the country's landmark multi-party elections, giving the long-oppressed Islamic majority its first taste of power in decades.
Final results from the January 30 ballot released yesterday showed the Shias won more than 4 million votes, or about 48% of those cast.

George W. Bush commended the result, saying, "For too long, Iraq has been a secular God-ignoring state. The brave lives of American soldiers have been given to enable the Iraqis to choose their own government, and it looks like they have chosen an Islamic state.
America congratulates them today on restoring God to his rightful position in that country's political system.

Asked by BIGfib's Llolo Laroche if an Islamic government in Iraq was really in America's interests, Bush said "Sure."
"You know, they call him Allah over there," he explained, "but that's just their word for God. They have a lot of different words in Arabic, for instance for Americans they say Infidels. Languages can be funsome like that."