Gee, I thought there were no Christians in Iraq... that's why there was a big hubbub about bringing the Gospel there....One problem since the start has been our ignorance of Iraq. Yes, there are Christians there, and have been since the first century AD. Saddam Hussain was a terrible dictator, but he was an "equal opportunity" dictator... if anything, he had an "affirmative action" program for Christians. Saddam maintained power mostly by keeping the various tribal and religious factions out of government... which let the Christians thrive in that society. Why do you think the Pope was particularly upset with our excuses for this invasion? The man's job is to defend his people, after all... and a lot of Catholics (including Nestorian, Assyrian and Maronite Catholics), as well as other Christians looked to the Pope as the only support they'd have without Saddam. If we were going after dictators who supress religion, we'd be going after Saudi Arabia and China, not Iraq.
More "class stuggle" stuff from the UK scandal mongers. These gossipy Brits love a juicy pot boiler.
Why bother commenting on this smelly mess?
Possibly for reasons similar to why Medieval nobles would put Jews into many court positions: you don't want to hand power over to anybody who could have ambitions for the top job. A Christian COULD NOT become ruler of a Muslim country, so they would not be a worry to Saddam
This tragedy was, alas, eminently predictable. "Democracy" in the Mideast means Islamic rule.