Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi
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Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi or Amer al-Saadi (born circa 1938) was Saddam Hussein's liaison with the UN inspectors in the runup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Like the defector Hussein Kamel, he insisted Iraq had destroyed its prohibited weapons. While he was dismissed by the US as a liar, he was vindicated by the subsequent failure to uncover weapons of mass destruction by the Iraqi Survey Group.
He was #32 on the most-wanted list, and seven of diamonds in the card deck.
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Detainment
He turned himself in to coalition forces on 2003 April 12, 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 themselves in, and the first to be detained by the U.S.
He remains in solitary as of 2004 May 5.
Career
He was awarded a PhD is in physical chemistry from Battersea College of Technology. During his study he married a German in London in October 1963; their common language is English. Mrs al-Sadi raised their children in Hamburg.
He retired a lieutenant general in 1994 and was made a presidential scientific advisor.
He was not a member of the Ba'ath Party.
According to a written Parliamentary answer [1] (http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050204/text/50204w22.htm) by Dennis Mcshane PM to Angus Robertson MP, Amer Al Saadi was released by the US on 18th January 2005.
Family
His younger brother Radwan al-Sadi worked in Iraq's oil ministry and is now head of its finance department.
External link
- Why being right on WMD is no consolation to Iraqi scientist labelled enemy of America (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1209574,00.html) (Guardian)
References
- Feb 2004 Report of the ICRC on treatment by coalition forces in Iraqnl:Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi