KUWAIT Prince Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdullah Pentagon photo

Frank Carlucci with then Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (presently Emir) and vintage original 8x10 inch photo

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Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Emir of Kuwait
Reign     January 15, 2006 - January 24, 2006
Born     1930
    Flag of Kuwait Kuwait
Predecessor     Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Successor     Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Father     Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (Arabic: سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh) (b. 1930) was the Emir of Kuwait during a short reign of ten days from January 15 to January 24, 2006, succeeding the late Sheikh Jaber. Sheikh Saad belongs to the Al-Salim branch of the Al-Sabah family and is eldest son of the late Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, who ruled Kuwait from 1950 to 1965.

 Family

Married to Sheikha Latifa Fahad Al-Sabah, Sheikh Saad has five daughters and one son. By order of age; his daughters are: Maryam, Hissah, Jamayel, Sheikha, Fadya and his son Fahad.

Unfortunately, Sheikh Saad lost his daughters Maryam and Sheikha. Sheikha Maryam died in a car accident that took place on Bayan Palace grounds and Sheikha Sheikha died from cancer after having battled it for years. Both were unmarried without issue.

Sheikha Hissah is divorced with one son, Ahmad Yousef, and Sheikha Jamayel who is currently married and residing in Italy has one daughter Lulua Chamma, from her first marriage.

Sheikha Fadya is currently separated from her husband Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah, former Commander of the Anti-Terrorist Police and has four children; Fatma, Nabeela, Sabah and Maryam.

His son Sheikh Fahad is married to Manal Al-Wazzan and has five sons; Abdullah, Khalid, Jaber, Saad, Mohammed and one daughter Khadeejah.
 Early career

Sheikh Saad served as the President of the Police and Public Service Department from 1961 to 1962, Minister of Interior from 1962 to 1978, and minister of defense from 1964 to 1978. On January 31, 1978 he gained the title of Crown Prince. Between February 1978 and July 2003, he also served as prime minister of Kuwait, after which that role was given to Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He also briefly held the position of Military Governor of Kuwait from 1991 to 1992.

 First Gulf War

Sheikh Saad played a major role in liberating Kuwait from Saddam's regime. He refused to compromise with any of Iraq's ministers, and with the head of the PLO, Yasir Arafat. He announced that he will discuss nothing but liberating Kuwait from the Iraqi regime. In addition, he played a major role in getting Sheikh Jaber out of Kuwait and into Saudi Arabia when the Iraqi soldiers first stepped in. While in exile to Saudi Arabia during the First Gulf War (1990-1991), he gave a famous public speech, mistakingly referring to Alaa Hussein Ali, the Kuwaiti quisling, as Aladdin. This mistake was marked by jokes, prompting one of the newspapers in Kuwait to publish a famous headline on its front page, translating to "Where is Aladdin?" The referred to the sudden disappearance of Alaa Hussein Ali following Kuwait's liberation.

 Emir of Kuwait

Sheikh Saad suffers from colon problems and is battling cancer, which had led to speculation that he would refuse the Emirship. A declaration in November 2005 refuted such speculation, and Saad took office as Emir on the day of Sheikh Jaber's death. However, Saad attended Jaber's funeral in a wheelchair, and his continued health problems caused some to question his ability to rule. Some members of the Kuwaiti parliament expressed concern that Saad would not be able to deliver the two-line oath of office, scheduled for January 24.

On January 23, 2006, Saad agreed to abdicate following a discussion within the ruling family, after only ten days on the throne. Although a new Emir had not yet been announced, it was evident that the position would be assumed by Sheikh Saad's second cousin and the late Sheikh Jaber's half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

On January 24, 2006, the Kuwaiti parliament voted Saad out of office, moments before an official letter of abdication was received. The Kuwait Cabinet nominated the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to take over as Emir as expected. [1]


Frank Charles Carlucci III (born October 18, 1930) is a former government official in the United States, associated with the Republican Party. He was United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 until 1989.

 Early career

Carlucci was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1948 and Princeton University in 1952, where he roomed with Donald Rumsfeld, and attended Harvard Business School in 1954-55. He was a naval officer from 1952-54. He joined the Foreign Service, working for the State Department from 1956 until 1969. In 1961 he participated in a CIA mission to Congo, in which he used his athletic ability to rescue US citizens from mobs. In the year 2000, a film called Lumumba portrayed him as being involved during his service in Congo in the murder of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba. Carlucci furiously denied the charges, and successfully went to court to prevent being named in the film when it was released in the United States.

 Administration

During the early 1970s Rumsfeld became Mr. Carlucci's protégé as Mr. Carlucci showed him the ropes. Carlucci was Undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare when Caspar Weinberger was secretary during the Nixon administration. Carlucci became Ambassador to Portugal, and served in this position from 1974 until 1977. Carlucci was Deputy Director of the CIA from 1978-1981, under CIA Director Stansfield Turner. Carlucci was deputy defense secretary from 1981 until 1983 [1], national security advisor from 1986 until 1987, and defense secretary in 1987, following the resignation of Weinberger, his nomination by President Ronald Reagan and his confirmation in the Senate by a vote of 91 to 1. He was reportedly less hard-line in policies toward the Soviet Union than Weinberger.

On January 5, 2006, he participated in a meeting at the White House of former Secretaries of Defense and State to discuss United States foreign policy with Bush administration officials.

 Post-Administration work

 Business

Carlucci served as chairman of the Carlyle Group from 1992-2003, and chairman emeritus until 2005. He also has business interests in the following companies: General Dynamics, Westinghouse, Ashland Oil, Neurogen, CB Commercial Real Estate, Nortel, BDM International, Quaker Oats, and Kaman. Carlucci is Chairman of Envion USA, and former director of Wackenhut. He is a senior member of the Frontier Group, a private equity investment firm founded by Sanford McDonnell and David Robb. Carlucci is an Advisory board member of G2 Satellite Solutions and the Chairman Emeritus of Nortel Networks

 Organizations

He is affiliated with the Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, a neo-conservative thinktank. He formerly sat on the Board of Directors of the Middle East Policy Council. He is Chairman Emeritus of the US-Taiwan Business Council. Carlucci is a member of the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation and founding co-chair of the Advisory Board for RAND's Center for Middle East Public Policy.