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Suppose Saddam had planned a much bigger blow in 1990. He plans an attack on Saudi Arabia. He has arranged for footage of leading members of the Saudi elite gambling and doing other unislamic things when visiting the West and floods Saudi TV with that stuff and perhaps some hangings.
He offers a deal to keep oil coming if the US and the EU leave him alone.