Identifier
Created
Classification
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05KUWAIT3830
2005-08-27 15:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

GOK NOT MUCH TROUBLED BY SADDAM'S PHOTOS ON

Tags:  PGOV PREL IZ JO KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003830 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/26/2015
TAGS: PGOV PREL IZ JO KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
SUBJECT: GOK NOT MUCH TROUBLED BY SADDAM'S PHOTOS ON
BAGHDAD ST., BUT DISMAYED BY BA'ATH PARTY MEETING IN AMMAN

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003830

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ARPI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/26/2015
TAGS: PGOV PREL IZ JO KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
SUBJECT: GOK NOT MUCH TROUBLED BY SADDAM'S PHOTOS ON
BAGHDAD ST., BUT DISMAYED BY BA'ATH PARTY MEETING IN AMMAN

Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem
Al-Sabah told the Ambassador in a meeting August 27 that the
recent return of Saddam Hussein's photo to demonstrations of
diehard Ba'athists in Baghdad did not concern Kuwait. He
suggested this was to be expected from people disenfranchised
by the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, "who ran the country like
a private farm." Of greater concern to Kuwait was the recent
Ba'ath Party meeting in Amman, Jordan, the FM said. By
permitting the meeting, the GOJ provided a "media outlet" to
known Ba'athist sympathizers like the outspoken journalist,
Salah Muqtar, who had participated by video-conference from
Sanaa. Kuwait conveyed its "dismay" to the GOJ, the FM
noted, but he did not seem entirely satisfied by King
Abdullah II's statements expressing concern about the Ba'ath
Party meeting.


2. (C) Shaykh Dr. Mohammed also mentioned that the GOK was
continuing to pressure its contacts in Iraq to resolve the
political situation and stabilize the country. He agreed
with the Ambassador's statement that the support of Arab
countries was vital to the success of the political process
in Iraq. (Note: The Iraqi Foreign and Finance Ministers may
be visiting Kuwait next week. End note.)

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