TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 44

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001341 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. 44 REF: KUWAIT 1333 AND PREVIOUS ¶1. SITREP NO. 33 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. ¶2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): -------------- Security/Military -------------- At 1825 a phone call was received in the operations center from a Kuwaiti who claimed he was speaking by phone to a senior Baath party official in Al-Samawah. The Kuwaiti explained that the official wanted to speak to U.S. troops to arrange his surrender and the surrender of 200 of his men. Ops Center passed the information, including the name and phone number of the Kuwaiti, to Embassy's Military Cooperation office. -------------- Political -------------- NSTR -------------- Consular -------------- NSTR -------------- Management -------------- NSTR ¶3. COMMENTS: None ¶4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: N/A JONES