Identifier
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03KUWAIT1451
2003-04-15 18:48:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 54

Tags:  AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU 
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 001451 

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. 54

REF: KUWAIT 1420 AND PREVIOUS

UNCLAS KUWAIT 001451

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. 54

REF: KUWAIT 1420 AND PREVIOUS


1. SITREP NO. 54 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS
WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 15, 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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1030 Call received from a Kuwaiti man whose brother is
employed as a contract linguist with the US military.
The family is worried about him since they have not heard
from him, and would like to know that he is well. Per
advice of Embassy military office, family was instructed
to contact the Kuwait Ministry of Defense.

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Political
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NSTR

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Consular
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0800 Contacted by Task Force for update on status on a
critically burned 12 year old boy, in Saddam City
Hospital. Embassy had no information on the case, and
this fact was reported to Task Force.

1745 Contacted by a reporter with an ABC Affiliate in
Houston, TX. He claims his colleague is stuck trying to
get back into Kuwait from Iraq with an Iraqi child.
Matter referred to Consular section. Consular section
contacted Save the Children which advised that the
stranded reporter should deliver the child to the British
Civil Affairs authority in Umm Qasr, where the child
could be properly cared for until a humanitarian
assistance agency could assume his care and assist in
identifying him and possibly returning him to Baghdad.

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Management
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NSTR

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Public Affairs
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NSTR


3. COMMENTS: None


4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: N/A.

JONES