Saddam started Al Qaeda? You have got to be kidding me. Al Qaeda is an extremest Muslim terrorist organization that justifies its actions with its religious beliefs. Saddam is about as good of a Muslim as I am. Sure he uses Islamic rhetoric to get people to act a certain way, but he has been known to throw people in jail for "praying too much." The ideology of the Ba'ath party is as far away from that of Al Qaeda as possible.