TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 50

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001390 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. 50 REF: KUWAIT 1375 AND PREVIOUS ¶1. SITREP NO. 50 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 12, 2003. ¶2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): -------------- Security/Military -------------- NSTR -------------- Political -------------- Fielded request from a researcher seeking biographic information on Kuwaiti POWs from the 1990-91 Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. Referred to Political at oob. -------------- Consular -------------- Followed up on repatriation of remains of Amcit killed in traffic accident. Consular section and the employer had the situation totally under control. Received call from State Dept. Task Force regarding Amcit claiming to have been prisoner in Iraq for past nine years. Consular will coordinate with US military regarding repatriation. -------------- Management -------------- NSTR -------------- Public Affairs -------------- NSTR ¶3. COMMENTS: None ¶4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: N/A. JONES