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