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Saddam's fascist methods were no better
than those of Hitler and Mussolini, and he
spread terror to neighboring countries. The
sudden invasion of Kuwait after the war
with Iran is just one example. That invasion
inflicted huge physical and psychological
damage on Kuwait, and brought about an
embargo on Iraq that has been causing
great suffering to its people for years.

Despite all his ruthlessness and cruelty, one of the main factors
which allowed Saddam to stay in power was the support he received

from outside the country. The most fascinating alliances were estab-
lished to keep Saddam in power. Heading the list of these was the al-
liance he formed with Mossad, one of the darkest intelligence
organizations in the world. Mossad regarded Saddam as an important
pawn in Israel's Middle East strategy and occasionally used Saddam in
the directing of the course of events which might turn out in Israel's in-
terests.
In his second book, written after the Gulf War, the former Mossad
agent Victor Ostrovsky would write in describing this interesting view
of Saddam in Israel that that country wished the Iraqi dictator to remain
in power because he was totally irrational in terms of international pol-
icy and was likely to engage in useful stupidity which might be able to
be used by Israel.
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