Buz as a fellow believer, I caution you to be careful with prophecy. Yes, there are some "negative" prophecies about the end-times, that are true, but there are others as well.
The Bible also states a great catastrophe will descend on Egypt drying up the Nile, and then Egypt will turn to the Lord, and there will be a godly peace as a result as Egypt and Syria are called "My people" or something like that, and a highway between Egypt, Israel and Syria.
That has not happened. It can only happen now if Egypt and Syria turn to Jesus and are converted to following Christ to a degree as soceities. It's unfulfilled prophecies of great revival in these nations, and so this, imo, must occur before any of anti-Christ scenarios play out.
In Iraq, is Bush unwittingly perhaps backing a new Islamic regime?
probably