OP-ED PLACEMENT - "THE TRUTH ABOUT GUANTANAMO"

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000872 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP (DBERNS),NEA/PPD (CWHITTLESEY) LONDON FOR TSOU PARIS FOR ZEYA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PTER KPAO XF KU SUBJECT: OP-ED PLACEMENT - "THE TRUTH ABOUT GUANTANAMO" ¶1. Summary: All daily newspapers in Kuwait published the generic Op-Ed "The Truth about Guantanamo" on March 6, 2006. ¶2. On March 5, 2006 Acting on a request from Washington, the Public Affairs Section at U.S. Embassy Kuwait sent "The Truth about Guantanamo" generic Op-Ed to all daily newspapers in Kuwait with the request to publish the text in its entirety without changes. As a result the Op-Ed appeared the next day March 6, 2006 in the following newspaper: Al-Qabas, p. 24, 1/8 page Al-Anbaa, p. 10, 1/4 page Al-Seyassah, p. 7, 1/6 page Al-Watan, p. 12, included in full-page report Kuwait Times, p. 6, 1/4 page ********************************************* * 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/ ********************************************* * LEBARON