Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Saadi or Amer al-Sadi (born April 5, 1938), "the organizational genius behind the Iraqi superweapons program,"[1] was Saddam Hussein's liaison with the UN inspectors in the runup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Like the defector Hussein Kamel al-Majid, he insisted Iraq had destroyed its prohibited weapons. He was dismissed by the US as a liar. There was a subsequent failure to uncover weapons of mass destruction by the Iraqi Survey Group.
Amir Hamudi Hasan Al-Sadi at a press conference on the practical arrangements for the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq (1 October 2002)A UN weapons inspector in Iraq
He turned himself in to coalition forces on April 12, 2003, with the help of ZDF journalists who he asked to monitor and document his surrender. He was detained in Baghdad International Airport as a "High Value Detainee". As such he has been subjected to solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. The International Committee of the Red Cross stated in its confidential report to the coalition authority that this constituted a "serious violation of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions". He was both the first person on the most wanted list to turn himself in, and the first to be detained by the U.S.
According to a written Parliamentary answer[2] by Dennis Mcshane MP to Angus Robertson MP, Amer Al Saadi was released by the US on 18 January 2005. However, as detailed here,[3] this claim is highly dubious. A June 20, 2005 Newsweek article[4] reported that a "State Department official...denied al-Sadi had been freed from custody."
He retired a lieutenant general in 1994 and was made a presidential scientific advisor.
Referencesedit
^Robert Windrem (October 24, 2003). "Iraqi negotiator is Saddam's former favorite: Superweapons czar led talks on inspections with Blix". NBC News.
^"House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 4 Feb 2005 (Pt 22)". www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^"Left I on the News". Lefti.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
^"Held: Iraq's Scientists". Newsweek. 19 June 2005.
External linksedit
Why being right on WMD is no consolation to Iraqi scientist labelled enemy of America (Guardian)
April 15, 2024
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