Looks like a machine pistol AK to me.
I’m not necessarily trying to defend the guy ... he got the Big Chicken Dinner for other misconduct.
But ... the AK pistol is chrome plated suggesting that it may have been used as a ceremonial weapon for Saddam’s palace guard. While palace guards would be expected to carry functional and loaded weapons, maybe there was something like a palace guard precision drill team? If so, it would make sense that the weapons were de-activated.
I’m just thinking out loud ...