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Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah (3 October 1944 – 21 January 2012) was a
Sabah served as ambassador of Kuwait to the 
He forced a false testimony from his then 15-year-old daughter Nayirah and was involved with
Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...
i politician, diplomat, and ruling family member.
Biography
Sabah served as ambassador of Kuwait to the United Kingdom
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from 1975 to 1981. He then served as Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States
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during the First Gulf War
The Gulf War (1990–1991) was an armed conflict between Iraq and a multinational military coalition led by the United States, triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Persian Gulf War may also refer to:
* Shatt al-Arab conflict ...
, more specifically from 1981 to 1992. In 1992, he was appointed information minister and served in the post until March 1998. He was oil minister from March 1998 to 2000. He resigned from the post due to an explosion that killed five workers at the country's largest oil refinery
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.
He forced a false testimony from his then 15-year-old daughter Nayirah and was involved with Citizens for a Free Kuwait
Citizens for a Free Kuwait (CFK) was an astroturf operation established by the Kuwaiti government to persuade the American public to look favourably at US military action in the Persian Gulf (the subsequent Operation Desert Storm). Its principal p ...
, a front group established by the Kuwaiti government to promote US involvement in the Gulf War. This involvement was covered in the 1992 documentary film ''To Sell a War
''To Sell a War'' is a documentary film, first aired in December 1992 as part of CBC programme '' The Fifth Estate''. The programme was directed and produced by Neil Docherty.
It chronicles the Citizens for a Free Kuwait campaign efforts to spin ...
''.
Sabah died of cancer on 21 January 2012.
See also
*Military of Kuwait
The Kuwait Armed Forces () are the military forces of the State of Kuwait. They consist of the Kuwait Air Force, the Kuwait Army, the Kuwait Navy & the Kuwait National Guard. The governing bodies are the Kuwait Ministry of Defense,
References
External links
* 1944 births 2012 deaths House of Al-Sabah Ambassadors of Kuwait to the United States Ambassadors of Kuwait to the United Kingdom Oil ministers of Kuwait Deaths from cancer in Kuwait {{Kuwait-stub