The Iraqi army including the Republican Guard were anything but Jihadists. The Sadam regime was secular. He only used religion when he thought it would benefit him. Finding porn and booze in Iraqi fighting holes only proves that Iraqi soldiers were just like most of their counterparts around the world in that regard.
[ The Iraqi army including the Republican Guard were anything but Jihadists. The Sadam regime was secular. He only used religion when he thought it would benefit him. Finding porn and booze in Iraqi fighting holes only proves that Iraqi soldiers were just like most of their counterparts around the world in that regard. ]
Saddam built mosques too you know....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_al-Qura_Mosque
He may have been somewhat Stalinist secular, but he was savvy enough to “play to his Islamic” base.