TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 45

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001344 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. 45 REF: KUWAIT 1341 AND PREVIOUS ¶1. SITREP NO. 45 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. ¶2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): -------------- Security/Military -------------- Several Kuwaitis called to express thanks for the Coalition's liberation of Iraq; several also sent bouquets. -------------- Political -------------- Notified DCM of a telephone call from the Spanish Embassy concerning the death earlier in the week of a Spanish journalist at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad; the journalist was killed during a confrontation between Coalition forces and snipers. DCM is following up. -------------- Consular -------------- A representative of a subcontractor for an American construction firm in Ahmadi called to report the death of an Amcit employee involved in a single-car traffic accident this morning near the Iraqi border; another passenger, a fellow Amcit employee, was not seriously injured. Embassy Kuwait offered assistance with dealing with this matter, however the representative declined and stated the company would handle the situation. At his request, a consular checklist detailing procedural issues concerning an Amcit death was faxed to the subcontracting firm. -------------- Management -------------- NSTR -------------- Public Affairs -------------- Received several telephone calls from media groups, an Iraqi citizen residing in Kuwait and Embassy Rome and Embassy New Delhi officials concerning media travel to Iraq; the appropriate Coalition Press Information Center (CPIC) contact numbers were provided to these callers. An Embassy Amman officer telephoned seeking Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) contact numbers; the appropriate information was provided. ¶3. COMMENTS: None ¶4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: N/A. JONES