A) It could be a double. B) I think that statue in the background shows that at least part of it was filmed in Baghdad.
Every freakin' Iraqi mud-hut village on up to the biggest cities has at least one statue and / or mural of Saddam. He was running a cult of personality on top his ruthless dictatorship.
Just because the Minister of Information says the location of the video is Bagdad doesn't make it so.