Dear gillian4949-ga
His full name is Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadithi.
He does not feature on the list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis.
An updated list appears on the web site of the United States Central
Command (USCENTCOM)
Source
http://www.centcom.mil/operations/Iraqi_Freedom/55mostwanted.htm
From a news article, World Tribune 24 April 2003
"Three prominent Iraqi ministers also do not appear on the list of 55.
They are Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Sahaf, Health Minister
Umid Mubarak and Foreign Minister Naji Sabri. U.S. officials said the
three ministers were not regarded as key members of the Saddam
regime."
Source
http://216.26.163.62/2003/ss_military_04_24.html
Interestingly, he does not feature on the Department of Treasury,
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Blocked Persons List.
Source
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sdn/index.html
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sdn/t11sdn.pdf
His present whereabouts are unknown. He was last seen in early April
when he returned to Bagdad from a meeting in Cairo. The latest
speculation I can find as to his whereabouts occur in May and July
when it was alleged he was in Austria.
Arab Times Kuwait May 12
"Foreign Minister of the toppled Iraqi regime, Naji Sabri Al-Hadithi,
stole a sum of $15 million from the Foreign Ministry's treasury,
before the fall of Baghdad, smuggling it with him abroad, said the
Austrian Der Standard newspaper. In its issue today, the newspaper
quoted the Foreign Ministry's workers in Baghdad, as saying that the
sum confiscated by Al-Hadithi was transported abroad on April 7,
before the US entered Baghdad.
Al-Hadithi might currently be with his friend, the far-rightist leader
Joerg Haider, in southern Austria, said the newspaper."
Source
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/world/Viewdet.asp?ID=332&cat=b
Full report on BBC, 3 July at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3042636.stm
Other sources provide additional biography which is limited in its
extent.
A web site was created on him but is only available through Google
cache when I tried to access it. I do not known who the author is.
Source
http://www.najisabri.com/
"he has a doctorate in English Literature (linguistics and
translation) from the University of Baghdad"
"in stark contrast to most of Saddam's inner circle, he comes from a
historically elite family, whose wealth pre-dated Saddam's regime"
"2 of his brothers, Muhammad and Shukri, were imprisoned for
conspiracy against Saddam in 1979. 1 died in prison, 1 was held 6
years. Both were tortured by their jailers"
"his cousin Murtada al-Hadithi, former Oil Minister of Iraq, was
executed by Saddam's regime in 1979"
"spent many years running the Iraqi Cultural Centre in London, where
sources say he was very popular and well liked by his colleagues."
".. Baghdad in the 1990s, he headed up an English speaking newspaper
and arts journal called Dar al-Ma'mun in Baghdad, and translated 3
books from English into Arabic. During the 1990's he also served as
Iraq's ambassador to Austria."
"While no hard facts have surfaced detailing whether he was hanging
around Saddam and the top leaders during the 2nd decapitation strike
in the al-Monsour district on April 7"
Additional back ground information on the cache
Source
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:3uKjrTkbyZUJ:www.najisabri.com/+%22al-Hadithi%22+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Profile on a BBC report
"Described by commentators as "smooth and sophisticated", "suave" and
"a type that appeals to Westerners", he is said to have relished his
renewed contact with the West."
Source
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2360769.stm
Born in 1948
http://www.foxnews.com.edgesuite.net/story/0,2933,81647,00.html
News Hour web site – extract from biography
"Sabri was appointed Foreign Minister last year. A member of a
historically powerful family, he holds a doctorate in English
literature. During the Gulf War, he was Deputy Information Minister
and, at one time, ran Iraq's press office in London. Before his
appointment, he served as an ambassador to Austria."
Source
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/iraq/player5.html
"Dr. Naji Sabri, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was Ambassador of Iraq
to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) and to the United Nations Office (Vienna) during
1999-2001. On April 18, 2001, he was appointed Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs, and on Augest 4, 2001 he was named Minister of
Foreign Affairs."
Source
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/sabri.htm
The following quotes attributed to him
H"e [Bush] should depart. He should go away from the presidency and
let the Americans lead an ordinary life with other nations, not a life
of aggression, a policy of aggression against other nations. This
policy has brought about disasters to the U.S. So for the U.S. to live
properly with the world and for the world nations to live in peace,
this crazy man should go."
Source
http://www.jokemonster.com/quotes/quotes/n/q143309.html
"If the U.N. secretary-general withdraws the inspectors from Baghdad
... this means that the secretary-general has abandoned its own
responsibility in maintaining peace and security in the world."
Source
http://www.jokemonster.com/quotes/quotes/n/q143310.html
"The only option to avoid war is the departure of the number one
warmonger in the world US President George W Bush. His policy has
brought disaster to the United States. This crazy man should go and
also his subject, disciple and follower UK Prime Minister Tony Blair."
Source
http://www.jokemonster.com/quotes/quotes/n/q143589.html
I have also carried out searches on LexisNexis, a subscription news
archive database, but I did not find any new information.
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