Georges Sada bio

1. Name: Georges Sada
2. Title: Former 2-Star General in the Iraqi Air Force, and Author of Saddam’s Secrets
3. Biography

U.S. trained pilot and 2-star General of the Iraqi Air Force during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Georges Hormiz Sada is recognized for his military accomplishments. As a born-again Christian, Sada was the only General in the Iraqi service who was not of Muslim faith or a member of the Baathe party. 

In 2003, after the U.S.-led Iraq invasion, Sada sided with the U.S. serving as interim leader Iyad Allawi’s Spokesman. In Jan. 2006 he released the book Saddam’s Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam Hussein.
4. Involvement/ Affiliations:
  • Director, Iraqi Institute for Peace
  • Former Iraqi National Security Advisor, 2003-2006
  • Former Advisor to Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, 2003-2006
  • Recipient, International Prize for Peace and Reconciliation Recipient, as presented by the Bishop of Coventry, England, 2003
  • Former 2-Star General in the Iraqi Air Force
  • Former Vice-Marshal, Iraqi Military
  • Chairman, Assembly of Iraqi Evangelical Presbyterian Churches
  • President, National Presbyterian Church (Baghdad, Iraq)
  • Senior Warden, St. Georges Anglican Church (Baghdad, Iraq)
  • Chief Body Guard for Iraqi president Al-Bakr, 1968
5. Education:
  • Student, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1964-1965
  • Iraqi Air Academy, 1959
6. Published Works:
  • Saddam’s Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied And Survived Saddam Hussein (Co-written with Jim Nelson Black), 2006
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