Saddam being a Ba'thist and invading Iran wasn't a concern for these sheikhs to declare him a Kaffir at that time, but it was very necessary to label him a kaffir after invading Kuwait. So why they didn't declare him a kaffir before that despite being in office for decades?it wasn't because Saddam invaded Kuwait (at least not from what Sheikh Ibn Baz himself said), it was because of Saddam being a ba'athist.
bin baz before the invasion of kuwaitshaykh ibn baz and the majority of ulema labeled him a kaffir when he invaded kuwait
Saddam being a Ba'thist and invading Iran wasn't a concern for these sheikhs to declare him a Kaffir at that time, but it was very necessary to label him a kaffir after invading Kuwait. So why they didn't declare him a kaffir before that despite being in office for decades?
Saddam was a butcher who brutally killed thousands and thousands of his people, even using chemical weapons on Iraqi civilian areas killing thousands at once chocking to death.