Monday, January 23, 2012
Sheikh Saud al-Nasser Al Sabah, Former Ambassador to US, Dies
Sheikh Saud al-Nasser Al-Sabah, who served as Kuwait's Ambassador to Washington during the 1980s and through the Iraqi invasion and occupation, and later as Information Minister and Oil Minister, has died at age 68, reportedly of cancer. Sheikh Saud al-Nasser was a well-known figure in Washington in those difficult days for Kuwait, now over two decades ago. I mention his passing mainly for those who, like me, remember those days, and Sheikh Saud's role in them, well.
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Any history of US-Kuwaiti relations will have to give Shaikh Saud a considerable amount of space. I dealt with him frequently during the war and of 1990-1991 and its aftermath. He was a shrewd and skilled diplomatic operator. Most of the time, we were on the same side, and when we were not I had to really work at reining him in, not always successfully.
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