Unleashing the Beast

F UTURE H EADQUARTERS OF THE B EAST , I RAQ / 215

A second gun was being built when the parts were intercepted by special agents. The gun had a 39 inch barrel and was 512 feet long with a potential range of hundreds of miles. This larger gun was being named Big Babylon! T HE D EMISE OF S ADDAM Saddam Hussein, the Butcher of Baghdad, is finished. Like Hitler and the evil dictators before him, Saddam's rule will come to an end. He will never become the leader of the new Islamic crescent or the new king of Babylon. Yet, in the future, with Saddam removed and the country under different leadership, the ancient land of Shinar (Iraq) could once again expand with wealth from the oil wells and be rebuilt into a strong nation. After all, the Bible teaches of a season of false peace. This peace must involve Israel and her Arab/Muslim neighbors. Yet, out of this region of the world will arise the leader of the new Islamic republic, a Muslim who will be received by the Islamic world at first, but in the end will be the most violent, blood-thirsty human to have ever walked. According to Paul this man's appearance is now being restrained, but one day he will be revealed in his full identity (2 Thessalonians 2:1-10). I RAQ W ILL B E THE H EADQUARTERS OF THE B EAST Modern Iraq was once the center of the ancient Babylonian Empire. Baghdad served as the headquarters and center of operation for several Islamic dynasties. Today, the Shiite branch of Islam needs a headquarters;