Saddam Hussein & the Tower of Babel

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   Saddam Hussein was at the height of his power during the 1980s. At that 

time, he was propped up by both Moscow, primarily, and (at the urgings 

of the CIA, who were developing close working ties with Hussein's Soviet-

trained Mukabarat) the Reagan Administration, secondarily.

At that height of his power, Saddam Hussein styled himself as the 

reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar 2 (Nebu-kudurri-utsur, or 

Nebuchadrezzar). First, Saddam Hussein minted coins with his own 

profile superimposed upon that of Nebuchadrezzar [1]. Saddam also 

began rebuilding the ruins of ancient Babylon. Saddam put up a large 

mural of himself next to Nebuchadrezzar at the entrance to the ruins [3]. 

Also, Saddam rebuilt the 600-room palace of Nebuchadrezzar [2]. And 

echoing Nebuchadrezzar's practice, Saddam had his own name inscribed 

on the bricks used in the reconstruction. The inscriptions are reported to 

read:

*"This was built by Saddam Hussein, son of Nebuchadnezzar, to glorify 

Iraq" (This recalls the ziggurat at Ur, where each individual brick was 

stamped with "Ur-Nammu, king of Ur, who built the temple of Nanna") 

[3]

*"In the era of Saddam Hussein, protector of Iraq, who rebuilt civilization 

and rebuilt Babylon." [2]

*"In the era of President Saddam Hussein all Babylon was constructed in 

three stages. From Nebuchadnezzar to Saddam Hussein, Babylon is rising 

again." [4]

Saddam also built his own "Saddam's Palace" opposite and facing 

Nebuchadrezzar's. It is shaped like a Ziggurat and was built in 4 tiers. On 

the ceilings and walls of Saddam's palace, 360-degree murals depicted 

scenes from ancient Babylon, Ur, and the Tower of Babel.  

Throughout, pediments were engraved with the his initials, "SdH" [2].

And, most striking of all, Saddam began renovating the Ziggurat of Ur. He 

succeeded in rebuilding the lowest level and entrance staircase (see 

"photo 1", [8]). That Ziggurat was laid down at Ur around 2000 BCE by 

King Ur-Nammu (sometimes called Zur-Nammu or Ur-Engur [6]) as a 

tribute to the God �Sin� and was called �Etemennigur,� which meant �a 

house whose foundation creates terror" [5]. Ur-Nammu's successor, King 

Shulgi, completed the Ziggurat and declared himself a God [7]. And recall 

above how Saddam Hussein echoed the practices of Ur-Nammu by 

inscribing his intials throughout monumental buildings.

Thus we see that Saddam Hussein not only stylized himself after 

Nebuchadrezzar, who butchered the Sons and Daughters of Abraham in 

Jerusalem (seemingly his intended message [1]), but also after Ur-

Nammu, Shulgi, and the "Babylonian Renaissance" of their "3rd Dynasty of 

Ur". 

That is, Saddam Hussein styled himself a God.

And, through his rebuilding of Babylon, Ur, and seen in his dramatic 

artistic recreations of the Tower of Babel, we see that Saddam Hussein 

attempted to begin the rebuilding of the Tower of Babel.

And is this even anything new? The answer is a very emphatic "Hell no!"

For Saddam's Marxist Communist God-less God-hating God-denying 

God-attacking Soviet masters in Moscow had, long earlier, attempted a 

far grander recreation of the Tower of Babel in Moscow itself. That 

building, the "Palace of the Soviets", was begun in 1933 over the ruins of 

the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which the 

Soviets demolished to make way for the Palace [10]. The "Palace of the 

Soviets" was meant to house the World Congress of Soviets [9] (do 

recall the globalist aspirations of God-less International Communism). 

Construction of Moscow's "Tower of Babel" was only halted by the German 

Invasion and Guderian's Panzers nearing Moscow in the winter of 1941, 

which forced the Soviets to tear down the hegemonic steel skeleton to 

use for building tanks.

Today, another skyscraper vaguely reminiscent of the "Tower of Babel" is 

being erected in the nation of Dubai (the very same that has been in the 

news recently). The Burj Dubai ["Dubai Tower"], begun in 2005:

*"The tower goes up in steps in a spiralling way. In Islamic architecture, 

this symbolises ascending towards the heavens." [11]

*In the middle, the silver tower looks like a gigantic arrow reaching 

halfway to the heavens. [11]

*"You know that the exact height is a secret," says Mr Smith. "But it is 

going to be substantially taller than the highest building, taller than 600 

metres." (Note that heights of, say, 660, 665, or 670 meters would, 

technically, satisfy that promise) [11]

Please rationally analyze the following logic:

Let us assume you now accept that Saddam Hussein styled himself a 

Babylonian God-man Priest King

Let us assume that all Muslims are compelled, by the tenants of Islam, 

to condemn the Tower of Babel as a Satanic work

Then, by logic, the tenants of Islam would demand that Saddam 

Hussein (who tried to rebuild the Tower of Babel) and God-less 

Communists (who also tried to rebuild the Tower of Babel, and helped 

Saddam Hussein in the same efforts) be condemned

And, likewise, anybody who aids or abetts Saddam Hussein, or 

who stands on the same side of the battlefield as Saddam Hussein, 

similarly be condemned (for siding with those who would rebuild the 

Tower of Babel)

Now, first, am I correct in assuming that Islam condemns the Tower of 

Babel -- as a time of suffering when even pregnant mothers were forced 

to work even in the last hour of their pregnancy, and to put their newborn 

infants in their aprons and keep on making bricks for the tower [9] ?

And, next, have I persuasively argued that Saddam Hussein styled himself 

a Babylonian God-man Priest King?  I acknowledge that Hussein probably 

never made a "confession of the mouth" openly saying, for all the world 

to hear, that he was a Babylonian God-man Priest King.  Nevertheless, 

"deeds speak louder than words", and I am arguing Hussein made a 

"confession of the hand", if you will, to his own divinity, by styling himself 

(unambiguously) as the reincarnation of Ur-Nammu, Shulgi, and Nebu-

kudurri-utsur (Nebuchadrezzar).

If my facts are complete and sound, and my logic is sound, then 

you are compelled to accept my conclusions -- and any refusal to do so 

can rightly be labelled "irrational".

On the other hand, if my facts are either incomplete or false, or if my 

logic is flawed, then you can rationally reject my conclusions.

So, are my facts and logic sound, or are they somewhere flawed?  If they 

are flawed, where?  And what is the truth of the matter?

For the record, I have not here asserted my own glorious awesomeness.  

Almighty God knows the Truth -- everything else is just hot air.  But I do 

want to know the Truth as best I am able. 

And I don't want to make no frigging bricks.  (The oh-so-cool oooh-la-la 

Tower of Babel was 463 cubits = 694 feet tall.  I could buy a $50 toy 

rocket that shoots up to 1000 feet or more.  I've climbed mountains -- 

God's Towers -- at 12,500 feet.  Writing was a major 

contribution to the advancement of Mankind.  Thanks.  But I don't see the 

big deal in a big heap of bricks.  You want a roadway to the Heavens?  

Build a space-port.  Think about it.  I didn't say anybody cares.  I 

just said, I don't see where I'm straying from facts & logic.)

Sources:

[1]  http://www.moodychurch.org/radio/transcripts/greatcities.htm l

[2] http://architecture.about.com/cs/countriescultures/a/

saddamspalace.htm

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon

[4] http://www.zionministry.com/babylon.html

[5]  http://www.islamonline.net/english/In_Depth/Iraq_Aftermath/2 003/

07/article_02.shtml

[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Nammu

[7] http://www.amazeingart.com/seven-wonders/ziggurat.html

[8] http://iwa.univie.ac.at/iraqarchive10.html

[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel

[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Soviets

[11]  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4746097.stm &nbs p;    