TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 34

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001233 SIPDIS DEPT ALSO FOR USAID - DCHA/OFDA GENEVA FOR UNDRO AND LRCS USCINCCENT ALSO FOR POLAD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU SUBJECT: TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 34 REF: KUWAIT 01230 AND PREVIOUS ¶1. SITREP NO. 34 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003. ¶2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): -------------- Security/Military -------------- NSTR -------------- Political -------------- NSTR -------------- Consular -------------- NSTR -------------- Management -------------- NSTR -------------- Public Diplomacy -------------- Received telephone call from Washington Operations Center seeking confirmation regarding the death of journalist Mike Kelly of Atlantic Monthly in Iraq. Kuwait OPSOFF called Coalition Press Information Center (CPIC) and received confirmation of Mr. Kelly's death. OPSOFF then informed Embassy Kuwait Public Diplomacy Officer John Moran. Information obtained from CPIC was relayed back to Washington Operations Center. ¶3. COMMENTS: None ¶4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: See above. JONES