TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 37

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001276 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. 37 REF: KUWAIT 01253 AND PREVIOUS ¶1. SITREP NO. 37 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 6, 2003. ¶2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): -------------- Security/Military -------------- NSTR -------------- Political -------------- NSTR -------------- Consular -------------- NBC Kuwait informed post early this morning of the death of NBC reporter David Bloom in Iraq today of natural causes (cerebral hemorrhage). Mr. Bloom was embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. NBC notified NOK of Mr. Bloom's death. The U.S. Army's Mortuary Affairs office in Kuwait is making arrangements for the immediate repatriation of Mr. Bloom's remains to the United States. According to a U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs officer, Mr. Bloom's remains will be repatriated to Dover via military transport either tonight (April 6) or tomorrow (April 7) as soon as flight arrangements can be confirmed. Mr. Bloom's remains are now in Kuwait in U.S. Army custody. An autopsy will be performed upon arrival in Dover. -------------- Management -------------- NSTR ¶3. COMMENTS: None ¶4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: N/A JONES