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I think you're right to question Saddam's sincerity when it comes to Islam... but is there really a huge difference if he's just a poser?

Iraq was only secular in the sense that the nation wasn't under rule of Islamic laws...sure he ruled arbitrarily from the insanity in his head.... but it wasn't secular in any sense of allowing religious freedoms. The Baathists made attempts to cleanse most of Iraq, and based their platform on racial, and religious superiority.