[Steel Wolf]

So, an tyrannical Arab government gets 500 imams to write up a fatwa. A fatwa that will serve as a weapon against the enemies of said government, should the U.S. attack.

So, aside from this being a rather transparent way for a secular government to gain support by whipping up the emotions of it's more religious citizens, what's the big deal? All this shows is that Saddam's government was willing to exploit it's people by pushing their buttons. That's not exactly news.

[jveritas]

So it is OK for Saddam “secular” regime as you are calling him, to endorse hundreds of sheikhs and scholars to issue a FATWA for JIHAD against the US but still convince yourself that Saddam was secular!