John Hogue was one of the first to make the connection between Mabus and Saddam:

"The Arab/Islamic world could remember Saddam's trial as a farce of western Crusaders and their puppet Iraqi government. His public execution becomes martyrdom. Moreover, his martyrdom triggers the war of the Third Antichrist: "Twenty-seven years his bloody war will last..."

[link to www.hogueprophecy.com]