CABINET MINISTER SAYS ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN JUST

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000537 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/CT NSA FOR TOWNSEND E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/06/2015 TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL KU SUBJECT: CABINET MINISTER SAYS ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN JUST STARTING; COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPROVED REF: A. KUWAIT 512 ¶B. KUWAIT 446 Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Taweel told Poloffs February 6 that the GOK effort to rid the country of militants was "just beginning." He said there are approximately 250 people in Kuwait who have been identified as suspected militants and are wanted by the government. ¶2. (C) Taweel, who had attended a Council of Ministers (Cabinet) meeting earlier the same day, said that the Council had adopted a comprehensive, government-wide anti-terror plan during the meeting (NFI). ¶3. (U) Post will provide details of the comprehensive plan as they become available. ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ You can also access this site through the State Department's Classified SIPRNET website ********************************************* LEBARON