Kuwaiti Ambassador Speaks

Kuwait is still suffering the consequences of the Iraqi Gulf War occupation, said Kuwait's new ambassador to the United States in a speech at the Law School on Wednesday.

Mohammed Sabbah al-Sabbah, addressing an audience of about 80 in Langdell Library's Treasure Room, said he wanted to update everyone "on the affairs of Kuwait."

Sabbah al-Sabbah reviewed the destabilizing effects on Kuwait of the 1991 Iraqi occupation.

He said the two major remaining tensions between the countries in the Gulf are the distribution of power and the resulting macroeconomic changes.

Referring to the Kuwaiti citizens who are still believed to be detained in Iraq, Sabbah al-Sabbah said "Kuwait will never be free until all of its citizens are returned safely to their homes."

The speech was organized by the International Law Society, a Law School student group that visited Kuwait during spring break.

Sabbah al-Sabbah, who was appointed to his new post two weeks ago, was previously an associate professor of economics at the University of Kuwait.

He received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1985.