Sheikh Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh al-Sālim al-Ṣabāḥ

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Born	1930? • Kuwait
Died	May 13, 2008 • Kuwait • Kuwait
Title / Office	prime minister (1978-2003), Kuwait
House / Dynasty	Ṣabāḥ dynasty

Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ

Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ

emir of Kuwait

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

president of Iraq

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

Kuwaiti-born terrorist

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

terrorist