Saddam Hussein is a control freak and an opportunist, he is very much in the style of Stalin, most important is his own safety, followed by the safety of his regime and his grip on the country.
He invaded Iran when he thought the country was in a weaken state due to the revolution and was reviled by the world mainly America.
He invaded Kuwait when he though that he had been given the go ahead.
He supported the Palestinians only as an afterthought and only to break the Coalition aimed against him.
Although he launched Scuds at Israel none were chemical, if he was truly a mad man, then that is what he would of done, because Israel would of been forced to retaliate.
Osama Bin Laden is a threat to Saddam, in fact when Iraq invaded Kuwait Osama offered his own organisations support to the Saudi Royal family.
If or when in the radical Islamic view America is kicked out of the Middle East, and both Egypt and Saudi Arabia are both Islamic states, Syria and Iraq are next, both pay lip service to Islam both are very secular states.
Tony