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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (48673)	10/1/2002 8:35:32 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

So the experts are wrong? Links please

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (48673)	10/1/2002 9:03:29 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "The author of these piece blithely ignores the fact that Saddam Hussein has been portraying himself as a pious Muslim, not a secular leader, for the last ten years." In the West, we consider it possible for a man to be a secular leader *and* a pious Christian at the same time, with no conflict of interest. Saddam's situation is similar. Iraq is not an Islamic Republic, and the fact is that Tariq Aziz is still a Christian, not a Moslem. -- Carl

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (48673)	10/1/2002 9:28:55 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The author of these piece blithely ignores the fact that Saddam Hussein has been portraying himself as a pious Muslim, not a secular leader, for the last ten years. Some interesting quotes are relevant here: "As for its (Iraq) involvement with al-Qa'eda, there have been connections between the groups, but these have been (as best we can tell) tenuous and inconsequential." "It remains to be seen, however, whether Saddam would be willing to risk such serious consequences to provide more active support to al-Qa'eda and whether bin Laden's Muslim fundamentalists would be willing to collaborate with a mullah-killing secularist like Saddam." Pages 155-158 in Pollock.