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):

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Security/Military
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Several Kuwaitis called to express thanks for the
Coalition's liberation of Iraq; several also sent
bouquets.

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Political
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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.

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Consular
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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.

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Management
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NSTR

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Public Affairs
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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