Now you're playing the part of a fool. 11th century arabia (small a) is not and never has been the same thing as the 21st century political state of Saudi Arabia. Try again.
It's true that Baghdad is in "arabia"; but the holiest places in Islam are in Saudia Arabia, and there sure ain't no Ba'ath party there.
Walt
First off, that is not the issue. You shot your mouth off and made a laughably ignorant statement about the word arabia by confusing it with the political state of Saudi Arabia.
Second, rest assured that the Ba'ath party in the figure of Hussein would like to be there in Saudi Arabia. Remember, his goal is nationalistic - to bring about an islamo-arab state of arab peoples. One of his biggest gripes is with the "artificial" nature of arabian political borders, which were drawn largely by the British.
Third, I wouldn't exactly call a meteorite in a giant box that is worshipped blindly by members of a fraudulent and heretical religion "holy." That word's inherent meaning renders it undescriptive of false prophets and idolaters.