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Saddam Hussein
Reader comment on item: Egypt's Chance
in response to reader comment: what would change if there was no Oil in the Middle East !!!
Submitted by Jeff (United States), Feb 22, 2011 at 13:12
Were he confronted with angry crowds, Saddam would simply mention the city of Hama, Syria, and ask his people how many Hamas would they like to see in Iraq. End of story.
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| 1 | Good old tourism is gone [17 words] | Firozali A.Mulla DBA | Mar 11, 2011 14:12 | 183324 | |
| Dhimmi no more is agressive and impolite - just to win the argument. [256 words] | Hassan | Mar 6, 2011 13:09 | 183190 | ||
| 6 |  Islamic hypocrisy [189 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 8, 2011 18:50 | 183190 | |
| Muslims really have different views about Non-Muslims [106 words] | Hassan | Feb 26, 2011 03:28 | 182986 | ||
| 1 | problem defined [23 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Feb 27, 2011 18:41 | 182986 | |
| To Grand Infidel from Australia [18 words] | Hassan | Feb 27, 2011 22:22 | 182986 | ||
| 3 | Islamic logic a real oxymoron [127 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 1, 2011 16:33 | 182986 | |
| 6 | Our dear Hassan and gem time [519 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 1, 2011 16:55 | 182986 | |
| 3 | I do not think that he will get it [132 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 1, 2011 17:28 | 182986 | |
| To dhimmi no more [162 words] | Hassan | Mar 2, 2011 05:49 | 182986 | ||
| 2 | The muslim ego! [293 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 4, 2011 06:38 | 182986 | |
| 1 | To dhimmi no more [664 words] | Hassan | Mar 4, 2011 23:46 | 182986 | |
| 1 | To dhimmi no more-questions [70 words] | Hassan | Mar 5, 2011 01:44 | 182986 | |
| to dhimmi no more [272 words] | Hassan | Mar 5, 2011 20:31 | 182986 | ||
| 2 | leading ? [257 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Mar 5, 2011 21:22 | 182986 | |
| 1 | Argument from changing the subject! [134 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 6, 2011 07:10 | 182986 | |
| 5 | Our dear Hassan is suggesting that we get rid of the books written by al-Tabari! I smell a fatwa here [925 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 6, 2011 07:30 | 182986 | |
| 6 | We are all kuffar and get used to it [75 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 9, 2011 08:02 | 182986 | |
| 5 | Islam [55 words] | Abu Gefilte Fish | Feb 25, 2011 06:54 | 182958 | |
| 4 | Cairo and the decline of a great city [414 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 23, 2011 07:26 | 182907 | |
| Egypt will need outside help [333 words] | Frank Luke | Feb 22, 2011 22:21 | 182895 | ||
| Egypt, Jordan, Libya; Etc., Etc., Etc......Is the World ready for What's Next? [99 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 22, 2011 19:35 | 182890 | ||
| A New Development [51 words] | Barry Black | Feb 22, 2011 15:06 | 182888 | ||
| "Evidence of Blessing" [28 words] | Bob Struble | Feb 21, 2011 01:55 | 182849 | ||
| Freedom and Food [140 words] | Jay1 | Feb 18, 2011 23:29 | 182814 | ||
| what would change if there was no Oil in the Middle East !!! [260 words] | Hassan | Feb 18, 2011 19:14 | 182812 | ||
| 3 | A very fancy thought: What would change if there is no oil in the middle east [318 words] | Ted | Feb 19, 2011 22:14 | 182812 | |
| Sadam Husain's regime shaken to its foundations by mass demonstrations in Bagdad? [49 words] | Peter | Feb 20, 2011 20:19 | 182812 | ||
| 2 | To Ted and Peter [378 words] | Hassan | Feb 22, 2011 00:37 | 182812 | |
 Saddam Hussein [32 words] | Jeff | Feb 22, 2011 13:12 | 182812 | ||
| Flights of fancy [27 words] | Amin Riaz | Feb 22, 2011 23:53 | 182812 | ||
| Norway, UK, US, and India - any of these countries secular - especially India and US is a joke. [20 words] | Peter | Feb 25, 2011 16:51 | 182812 | ||
| Respond Peter !!!! [20 words] | Hassan | Feb 25, 2011 20:49 | 182812 | ||
| Daniel Pipes [24 words] | Hassan | Feb 26, 2011 21:39 | 182812 | ||
| Corruption of Power the Root Cause of Hussein, Qadaffi, Mubarak's Fall-ME Oil was/is Only a Tool [655 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 28, 2011 17:10 | 182812 | ||
| Oil is not the main subject here. It's the US policies [956 words] | Hassan | Mar 1, 2011 19:21 | 182812 | ||
| 2 | errata [134 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Mar 6, 2011 18:56 | 182812 | |
| 1 | While Oil May Not be the Main Subject - It Greases the Politics Many Feel are Out of Control [1757 words] | M. Tovey | Mar 7, 2011 16:51 | 182812 | |
| 5 | Egypt is lost or soon will be [258 words] | Gloria Stewart | Feb 17, 2011 17:46 | 182784 | |
| Question mark over Egypt [141 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Feb 17, 2011 07:39 | 182772 | ||
| Egypt is One in a Chain of Events - What Happens There Will Become the Model [417 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 16, 2011 14:23 | 182751 | ||
| Egypt has a Chance! Let's hope so! [134 words] | BA | Feb 16, 2011 08:59 | 182741 | ||
| youth in 2011 [47 words] | Alana Ronald | Feb 15, 2011 23:03 | 182728 | ||
| 3 | I do not share the optimism of Dr. Pipes [119 words] | huck | Feb 15, 2011 22:34 | 182727 | |
| One tends to forget... [69 words] | Amin Riaz | Feb 22, 2011 23:59 | 182727 | ||
| 2 | And speaking of "one tends to forget" and Q2:27 says that the Jews are Allah's favorite nation/people and these are not my words [150 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 24, 2011 07:23 | 182727 | |
| Egypt's new leadership [81 words] | Peter | Feb 15, 2011 20:34 | 182724 | ||
| 4 | I'm not so sure... [38 words] | Rob | Feb 15, 2011 20:31 | 182723 | |
| 7 | VERY REFRESHING [226 words] | There is NO Santa Claus | Feb 15, 2011 11:16 | 182705 | |
| RE Egypt's Chance [57 words] | yonatan silverman | Feb 15, 2011 11:15 | 182704 | ||
| 2 | Obama's Shiite Sympathies [104 words] | Dean | Feb 15, 2011 10:59 | 182703 | |
| This is the deal in a nutshell [181 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Feb 17, 2011 10:17 | 182703 | ||
| Good source [89 words] | Joe Six-pac | Feb 15, 2011 10:55 | 182702 | ||
| will "the the military leadership ...pursue its selfish interests" ? [21 words] | Abu Nudnik | Feb 15, 2011 10:23 | 182700 | ||
| Egypt's chance for change [85 words] | Francis Thornton | Feb 15, 2011 09:34 | 182698 | ||
| 1 | "Spontaneous" revolution in Egypt ? [75 words] | Paul Jansen | Feb 15, 2011 06:52 | 182687 | |
| 3 | re: "Spontaneous" revolution in Egypt [156 words] | There is NO Santa Claus | Feb 18, 2011 08:07 | 182687 |
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