to these disruptions". Early life Al Husseini was born in Damascus in 1946 to Col. Ibrahim Abdulrahman Al Husseini and Myassar BachImam. His father was a leading Syrian nationalist and member of the Syrian military and political leadership until 1957. Al Husseini attended primary and secondary education at Notre Dame International School in Rome, Italy between 1955 and 1964. He and his family moved to Saudi Arabia in 1961 when King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz invited Col. Ibrahim Al Husseini to advise the Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers on national security matters and to support Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud as his special advisor in the establishment of the modern Saudi Arabian National Guard. Wikileaks On February 8, 2011 The Guardian newspaper published US cables from Saudi Arabia that were obtained by WikiLeaks. The cables were based on a conversation attributed to Dr Sadad Al Husseini in 2007 claiming Dr Husseini thought members of Aramco management were confusing probable resources with proven reserves and were therefore causing an overstatement of the proven reserves estimates by as much as 300 billion barrels. The difference between probable resources and proven reserves was not clarified in the news reports and the story gained traction in the press outside the Kingdom. Dr Sadad Al Husseini maintained that the US cable gravely misrepresented his opinion and that the report was full of errors and mistakes including quoting resource figures as reserve. Subsequently, Dr Sadad Al Husseini's firm published a press release on February 9, 2011, in response to the significant errors in the cable and clarified Dr Sadad's position on Saudi Arabia's proven reserves and production capabilities. References The Arabian Sun, Vol. LVI, No. 27, July 11, 2001 The New York Times Aug 21, 2005 External links The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) 1946 births Living people Brown University alumni Saudi Arabian businesspeople Saudi Aramco Petroleum industry