(C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001928 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/I TEL AVIV FOR DCM LEBARON TUNIS FOR NATALIE BROWN E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2014 TAGS: PREL OPDC MOPS PHUM IZ KU ICRC SUBJECT: (C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON 1.4 (B, D). ¶1. (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note, number 20041331 from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, dated 20 June 2004, marked "Secret" and noting that ICRC informed the GOK on May 11 that it had registered a Kuwaiti citizen during its visits to Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He is Abdelrahman Mobarak Meshakhas Al-Bazali, dob November 20, 1986, arrested January 1, 2004. The GOK note requests information on Al-Bazali's current legal status, the possibility of transferring him to Kuwaiti authorities at the border, and whether any other Kuwaiti citizens are being held by the Coalition in Iraq. ¶3. (U) ACTION REQUESTED: State Department please advise how we should respond to the GOK. ¶4. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. URBANCIC