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Saddam was a secular gov.t, so too was Gaddafi. Libya was one of the wealthiest African countries under Gaddafi and Iraq also had some of its best years under Saddam. You really can't compare them to Islamist extremist movements.
With his stupid wars, Saddam led Iraq to bankruptcy, just because there were no IS around, doesn't mean it was all rosy under Saddam. Yes Iraq was stable and with a relatively fast development, only until September 22nd 1980, when he attacked Iran. That was the day when Iraq started going towards the doom, and all thanks to uncle Sam when they attacked Iraq and created a void space for terrorist groups like IS to grow.
PS: IS still dreams of killing the same amount of Iraqis that Saddam killed with his stupid wars. He killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis with his actions.