I think this says a lot about the "eminent threat"

[Jeanette X]

Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx

I was actually talking about Bin Laden's two faced ability to work alongside his enemies, including Saddam. While Saddam might have run a "secular pan-Arab nationalist" government (and how secular was it if every religion outside of Islam was persecuted?) He himself has put up a strong Muslim identity.and that's a pretty strong message in a "my way goes" dictatorship.

I have yet to see any proof of Bin Laden working with Saddam. Furthermore, although Saddam has put up a strong Muslim identity, he has persecuted other Muslims, not just non-Muslim religions. The Shiite Muslims of southern Iraq and the Sunni Muslim Kurds (Saddam is a Sunni Muslim, by the way) of northern Iraq have both been horribly persecuted by Saddam for purely political reasons.

Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx

Ask Abu Nidal.

I'm afraid don't even know who that is. :blush Please explain further.