TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 35

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001234

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. 35

REF: KUWAIT 01233 AND PREVIOUS


1. SITREP NO. 35 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2200 HOURS
WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003.


2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are
Kuwait Local, GMT plus three):

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Security/Military
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POL/MIL Officer received a call from KSS on alleged
shooting of US military in Kuwait, which turned out to be
sounds overheard from military rifle range practice.

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Political
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NSTR

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Consular
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NSTR

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Management
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NSTR

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Public Diplomacy
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Received telephone call from Kuwaiti Retired Air Force
Pilot living in Bangkok, expressing support for US
troops, and asserting that CNN's tape airing Saddam
Hussein surrounded by a crowd of supporters is fake since
Saddam Hussein does not allow people to come near him.


3. COMMENTS: None


4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: See above.

JONES