Identifier
Created
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05KUWAIT256
2005-01-17 13:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000256
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT
ON KUWAITI CHARITIES
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000256
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT
ON KUWAITI CHARITIES
1. This is an action request: please see para 3.
2. On December 31, 2004, the Arabic newspaper Al-Watan
alleged that a U.S. Department of State report exonerated all
Kuwaiti charities of support for terrorism (informal
translation in para 3). The story was subsequently repeated
in other publications (including two opinion pieces by
Islamist commentators, who used the report's alleged
conclusions to bolster their attacks on Kuwaiti liberals).
Post's public affairs section has received numerous inquiries
about this supposed report, and we understand that the
Kuwaiti DCM in Washington has approached the Department to
verify the article's veracity. To our knowledge, at least
one Kuwaiti charity remains designated under E.O. 13224 and
is included on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee's consolidated
list.
3. ACTION REQUEST. Post requests that the Department
confirm the existence or non-existence of such a U.S.
Government report, so that we may respond accordingly.
4. BEGIN ARTICLE.
Al-Watan newspaper
December 31, 2004
By Khalil Khalaf
"Monies from Kuwaiti charities are indeed directed toward
good works.8 This is the result, or the exoneration, which
Kuwait received from the Department of State through a
detailed report. Informed sourced confirmed to Al-Watan that
authoritative parties in Kuwait received a detailed report
from the State Department regarding follow-up and monitoring
of money donations and collections for charitable activities
in Kuwait and parties overseas which receive these donations.
The American report exonerated Kuwaiti charitable entities
from any suspicions related to support of terrorist groups or
having any sort of links to terrorism. The report indicated
that monies from Kuwaiti charities are, in reality, directed
towards good deed activities and spent on aiding orphans, the
poor, and the needy. The money is also utilized to build
mosques and to dig wells, etc.
A government source praised the cooperation of Kuwaiti
charitable institutions to Al-Watan and noted his
appreciation for the results. END ARTICLE.
LEBARON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT
ON KUWAITI CHARITIES
1. This is an action request: please see para 3.
2. On December 31, 2004, the Arabic newspaper Al-Watan
alleged that a U.S. Department of State report exonerated all
Kuwaiti charities of support for terrorism (informal
translation in para 3). The story was subsequently repeated
in other publications (including two opinion pieces by
Islamist commentators, who used the report's alleged
conclusions to bolster their attacks on Kuwaiti liberals).
Post's public affairs section has received numerous inquiries
about this supposed report, and we understand that the
Kuwaiti DCM in Washington has approached the Department to
verify the article's veracity. To our knowledge, at least
one Kuwaiti charity remains designated under E.O. 13224 and
is included on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee's consolidated
list.
3. ACTION REQUEST. Post requests that the Department
confirm the existence or non-existence of such a U.S.
Government report, so that we may respond accordingly.
4. BEGIN ARTICLE.
Al-Watan newspaper
December 31, 2004
By Khalil Khalaf
"Monies from Kuwaiti charities are indeed directed toward
good works.8 This is the result, or the exoneration, which
Kuwait received from the Department of State through a
detailed report. Informed sourced confirmed to Al-Watan that
authoritative parties in Kuwait received a detailed report
from the State Department regarding follow-up and monitoring
of money donations and collections for charitable activities
in Kuwait and parties overseas which receive these donations.
The American report exonerated Kuwaiti charitable entities
from any suspicions related to support of terrorist groups or
having any sort of links to terrorism. The report indicated
that monies from Kuwaiti charities are, in reality, directed
towards good deed activities and spent on aiding orphans, the
poor, and the needy. The money is also utilized to build
mosques and to dig wells, etc.
A government source praised the cooperation of Kuwaiti
charitable institutions to Al-Watan and noted his
appreciation for the results. END ARTICLE.
LEBARON