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Originally posted by [Labret]
Saddam routinely kills fundamentalists in his country. This is not a holy war for him. He may use the terminology to try and gain support, but he is far from a muslim fundamentalist. He hates them. He knows there is no worse threat to his power than a powerful extremist movement in his country.
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I won't argue with that because I agree he's a paranoid fuck. I don't know enough to say with any certainty, but I imagine his slaughtering fundamentalists in order to keep his power doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't agree with some of the ideas. It just means he doesn't want competition in implementing them.
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