Posted on 08/04/2003 10:46:38 AM PDT by Stultis
Veteran politician to return home in September
London, Iraq Press, August 3, 2003 – A veteran politician and once key opposition figure to the rule of the deposed leader Saddam Hussein is expected to return home by the middle of September.
Saad Saleh Jabr, a former prime minister under the Hashemite Monarchy that ruled Iraq until 1958 told Iraq Press that he was homesick and was looking forward to seeing Baghdad again.
Jabr was the first to form an active group in exile to oppose the rule of Saddam Hussein.
He founded Umma or the Nation Party in 1982, but dissolved it later and established a broader organization, the Free Iraqi Council in February 1991.
"I am very anxious to return to the homeland after decades in exile," he told Iraq Press.
He said he wanted to be in the country shortly after the removal of Saddam Hussein but health problems hindered his coming home.
He said he would conduct "talks and discussions with regional and international circles on the future of Iraq" before returning to Baghdad in September.
The return of Jabr, a liberal scion of an influential family, will be an asset to the post-Saddam Iraq.
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