Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT3451
2006-08-23 14:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
(C/NF) KUWAIT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR DISPLACED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003451
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PRM, NEA/ARP FOR JACKSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2016
TAGS: EAID PGOV PREL OVIP KU
SUBJECT: (C/NF) KUWAIT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR DISPLACED
PERSONS/REFUGEE CAMPS
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 003451
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PRM, NEA/ARP FOR JACKSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2016
TAGS: EAID PGOV PREL OVIP KU
SUBJECT: (C/NF) KUWAIT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR DISPLACED
PERSONS/REFUGEE CAMPS
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C/NF) In Ambassador's 23 August meeting at the Kuwait
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA Director for Coordination
and Follow-up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, said that
Kuwait's National Security Bureau (NSB) was beginning
contingency planning to manage displaced persons in case of
an outbreak of full-scale civil war in Iraq. Al-Maqamis said
the matter was being overseen by NSB Director and former
Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. One of
the GOK's primary concerns, according to Al-Maqamis, was that
refugee camps should be constructed exclusively on the Iraqi
side of the Iraq-Kuwait border. Al-Maqamis expressed GOK
willingness to provide logistical and material support
through the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society, but emphasized that
overall operations and administration would need to be
coordinated by U.S. and/or UK forces in Iraq. Al-Maqamis
said that Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah may bring up the issue in his 5 September meeting
with President Bush.
2. (C/NF) From a separate source in the Kuwaiti security
services, Defense Attache (DATT) learned that GOK security
services have begun planning for the construction of refugee
camps in remote areas on the Kuwaiti side of the border.
Current plans are to build camps with capacity for up to
100,000 refugees. Plans appear to be at an early stage. DATT
will provide further reporting septel.
3. (C) Comment: We note the conflicting statements on
possible location of camps. It is possible that the GOK is
planning for both contingencies -- camps on the Iraq and/or
Kuwait side of the border.
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For more reporting from EMBASSY Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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LeBaron
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PRM, NEA/ARP FOR JACKSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2016
TAGS: EAID PGOV PREL OVIP KU
SUBJECT: (C/NF) KUWAIT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR DISPLACED
PERSONS/REFUGEE CAMPS
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C/NF) In Ambassador's 23 August meeting at the Kuwait
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA Director for Coordination
and Follow-up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, said that
Kuwait's National Security Bureau (NSB) was beginning
contingency planning to manage displaced persons in case of
an outbreak of full-scale civil war in Iraq. Al-Maqamis said
the matter was being overseen by NSB Director and former
Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. One of
the GOK's primary concerns, according to Al-Maqamis, was that
refugee camps should be constructed exclusively on the Iraqi
side of the Iraq-Kuwait border. Al-Maqamis expressed GOK
willingness to provide logistical and material support
through the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society, but emphasized that
overall operations and administration would need to be
coordinated by U.S. and/or UK forces in Iraq. Al-Maqamis
said that Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah may bring up the issue in his 5 September meeting
with President Bush.
2. (C/NF) From a separate source in the Kuwaiti security
services, Defense Attache (DATT) learned that GOK security
services have begun planning for the construction of refugee
camps in remote areas on the Kuwaiti side of the border.
Current plans are to build camps with capacity for up to
100,000 refugees. Plans appear to be at an early stage. DATT
will provide further reporting septel.
3. (C) Comment: We note the conflicting statements on
possible location of camps. It is possible that the GOK is
planning for both contingencies -- camps on the Iraq and/or
Kuwait side of the border.
********************************************* *
For more reporting from EMBASSY Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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LeBaron