Types of socialism de Saint-Simon's utopic/aristocratic socialism heritage, prioritizing social justice, a central government with direct democracy without parliament. The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (also known as the Ba'ath Party; ) is a secularist Pan-Arabist political party that synthesizes Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. It opposes Western imperialism and calls for the ethnic "awakening" or "resurrection" of the Arab people into a single united state. "Ba'ath", also spelled as "Ba'th" or "Baath", means resurrection or renaissance. The party's motto, "Unity, Liberty, Socialism" ("wahda, hurriya, ishtirakiya"), was inspired by the French Jacobin political doctrine linking national unity and social equity. In the slogan, "unity"
Timeline of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations leader within Ansar. However, Rohan Gunaratna believes that Qassem Hussein is likely to be a penetration agent with hidden loyalties to Saddam. As Ansar was anti-PUK and the PUK was supported by the U.S. Saddam was very interested to use Ansar against the PUK. Therefore, Qassem may have been providing Abu Wael with a cover story. Dr. Gunaratna concluded in his own study of the relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda that "there is no conclusive evidence of Iraqi assistance to Al Qaeda ... The documentation and interviews indicated that Al Qaeda regarded Saddam, a secular leader, as an infidel" and