Unleashing the Beast

Ten

10 F UTURE H EADQUARTERS OF THE B EAST , I RAQ And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath (Revelation 16:19). Named by the west, the Butcher of Baghdad, Saddam Hussein took control of Iraq in July, 1979. A Baathist, Saddam's vision for Iraq was one of power and grandeur. Fully aware of the historic significance of his nation, Saddam set in motion plans to rebuild the ancient city of Babylon, erect the world's largest mosque with the Euphrates river running though it and eventually become the leader of a new Islamic crescent that would include