What do osama bim laden saddam hussein and ayatollah have in common?

Osama Bin Ladin, Saddam Hussain and Ayatollah were all Muslims from Middle Eastern countries who believed that the United States have too much influence in the region.

While Osama Bin Ladin and Ayatollah were religious leaders, Saddam Hussain was actually a staunch secularists who believed that religion should be kept aside from politics.

For several decades, all three men remained staunch enemeies of the United States. Ayatollah died of natural causes while Osama bin Ladin was killed by US security forces. Saddam Hussain was captured by US security forces and was hanged.

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