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Ray · 07-10-2007, 12:53 PM

Another interesting aspect that is often bandied around about Iraq is that Saddam was connected with ObL and AQ.

One wonders if Saddam endeared himself to the AQ or his Moslem Arab brothers in the Middle East.

In fact, Saddam committed blasphemy - he abolished the Sharia! No good and pious Moslem will ever dare declare the law given by Allah as invalid!

“Saddam .. created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims.”
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Second, Saddam was a dictator of an authoritarian regime. He was not a Cleric of a theocracy. If you recall Saddam’s secular regime went to war against Iran’s sharia dominated theocracy. For Saddam Hussein to promote Sharia, one would have to accept the argument that he would be willing to be subservient to the rule of clerics, which authoritarians, by the very definition of the word, can not be.

Third, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein weren’t friends by any definition of that word. Prior to the war in which Iraq invaded Kuwait, Osama, who was Saudi, was concerned that Saddam would invade Saudi Arabia and was actively addressing this in Saudi Arabia. Osama even “sent several letters to King Faisal instructing him how to protect the kingdom and offered to help fight the invaders” against Hussein.
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But then as I said in Strategy and Politics, there is no morality. Goebbels proved the point!

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Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 28,249 Country:	Another interesting aspect that is often bandied around about Iraq is that Saddam was connected with ObL and AQ. One wonders if Saddam endeared himself to the AQ or his Moslem Arab brothers in the Middle East. In fact, Saddam committed blasphemy - he abolished the Sharia! No good and pious Moslem will ever dare declare the law given by Allah as invalid! “Saddam .. created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims.” ...am hussein: Web Search Results from Answers.com Second, Saddam was a dictator of an authoritarian regime. He was not a Cleric of a theocracy. If you recall Saddam’s secular regime went to war against Iran’s sharia dominated theocracy. For Saddam Hussein to promote Sharia, one would have to accept the argument that he would be willing to be subservient to the rule of clerics, which authoritarians, by the very definition of the word, can not be. Third, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein weren’t friends by any definition of that word. Prior to the war in which Iraq invaded Kuwait, Osama, who was Saudi, was concerned that Saddam would invade Saudi Arabia and was actively addressing this in Saudi Arabia. Osama even “sent several letters to King Faisal instructing him how to protect the kingdom and offered to help fight the invaders” against Hussein. Site Map of The Crime Library But then as I said in Strategy and Politics, there is no morality. Goebbels proved the point! __________________ "Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination." I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. HAKUNA MATATA Last edited by Ray : 07-10-2007 at 12:55 PM.