Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Kuwait during the 1990–91 Iraqi occupation; per John Kiriakou, the day-to-day leader of the Kuwaiti government-in-exile in Taif — "very military," "hands-on," "the best leader Kuwait had for that situation," meeting twenty hours a day with everyone who needed to be met and simultaneously managing the Kuwaiti resistance on the ground.
Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah was the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Kuwait during the 1990–91 Iraqi occupation, and per John Kiriakou the day-to-day leader of the government-in-exile based at Taif, Saudi Arabia.[1]
Kiriakou: “Sheikh Saad was the day-to-day leader, meeting 20 hours a day with everybody who needed to be met, strategizing, talking about military movements, and then at the same time trying to manage the Kuwaiti resistance that was on the ground inside the country. … Sheikh Saad was a very military person, hands-on, a good leader, the best leader that Kuwait had for that situation.”[1][2]
