(S) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP

S E C R E T KUWAIT 000366

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/31/2014
TAGS: PTER PREL MARR KU IZ
SUBJECT: (S) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP

Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC; REASON: 1.4 (D)


1. (S) Charge chaired Post's monthly Homeland Security
Working Group (HSWG) meeting January 26. (Visas Viper
meeting reported septel.) The group agreed that the Embassy
is taking all appropriate security measures.


2. (S) Embassy has facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the GOK and US military forces in Kuwait,
represented by Coalition Forces Land Component Command
(CFLCC),regarding procedures at the land border crossings
between Kuwait and Iraq. This MOU, which is undergoing final
review by the GOK after having been cleared within the US
military, will enable more thorough coverage by Customs and
Immigration of the massive volume of convoy traffic to and
from Iraq associated with US forces and CPA. The US military
has already invested several million dollars to upgrade these
border crossings, in advance of MOU signature. This close
coordination between the US military and the host nation
should greatly reduce the threat of smuggling, including of
terrorists and weapons/explosives.


3. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
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