Identifier	Created	Classification	Origin
04KUWAIT1928	2004-06-21 08:14:00	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Kuwait

Cable title:

(C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ

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					  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