Fahad was the son of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and a Baloch woman, Fatima Mohammed Albalooshi,[2][3] and was educated in Kuwait for his primary and secondary schooling.
Staff Officer in the Kuwait Emiri Guard on 25 November 1968 in the rank of First-Lieutenant
Fatah membership and Six-Day War, 1967
Fahad was a member of the Palestinian group Fatah when it was headquartered in Jordan and later when it moved to Lebanon.[4] In June 1967, the Kuwait Armed Forces were engaged outside the borders of Kuwait for the first time, during the Six-Day War between Israel and four Arab countries (Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Jordan). Fahad took part in the Six-Day War attached to the Yarmouk Brigade of the Kuwait Army; as acting commander by delegation of the 2nd Commando Battalion, on the Egyptian front.
In 1971 Fahad was arrested as a fighter in Lebanon and repatriated to Kuwait.[4]
During the match against France at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, France scored a goal while some of the Kuwaiti players had stopped, having heard a whistle. The goal was initially awarded by the referee, who had not blown, but was cancelled after Fahad stepped onto the field and ordered the referee to reverse his decision.[5] In 1988, Fahad invited Michel Platini (at the time the French football team's captain) to play for Kuwait in a preparatory match against the USSR. Platini played for 21 minutes, and was framed by the Kuwaitis as an apology for his unethical behavior eight years before.[6]
Death
Fahad was killed by the Iraqi military at Dasman Palace, the primary residence of his brother, Emir Sheikh Jaber, on the first day of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, August 2, 1990. The exact circumstances of his death remain unclear. According to one account, he arrived late at the palace, which had been designated as a meeting point for a planned escape from Kuwait with his brother the Emir and the Crown Prince. By the time he arrived, the others had already departed, and the Iraqi forces had taken control of the palace and killed him.[7] Another version, possibly exaggerated, suggests he died while "defending the palace." A further account claims he arrived at the palace, engaged in a verbal altercation with an Iraqi guard, and was subsequently shot.[8][9][10]
^Coll, Steve (2024). The Achilles trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the origins of America's invasion of Iraq. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN978-0-525-56227-6.
