Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUWAIT1009
2008-09-25 14:01:00
SECRET
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT: DEFMIN TELLS PRESS GOK HAS OBJECTED TO
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S E C R E T KUWAIT 001009
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2018
TAGS: PREL EINV MASS KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT: DEFMIN TELLS PRESS GOK HAS OBJECTED TO
U.S. ARMS SALES TO IRAQ; THIS IS NEWS TO US
REF: A. KUWAIT 947
B. KUWAIT 976
C. KUWAIT 992
D. STATE 91327
Classified By: Political Counselor Peter O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 (a),
(b),and (d)
S E C R E T KUWAIT 001009
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2018
TAGS: PREL EINV MASS KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT: DEFMIN TELLS PRESS GOK HAS OBJECTED TO
U.S. ARMS SALES TO IRAQ; THIS IS NEWS TO US
REF: A. KUWAIT 947
B. KUWAIT 976
C. KUWAIT 992
D. STATE 91327
Classified By: Political Counselor Peter O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 (a),
(b),and (d)
1. (U) On September 22, Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported
that the Minister of Defense (and Acting PM) Shaykh Jaber
Al-Mubarak Al Sabah had "notified" the United States of
Kuwaiti concerns about an arms deal between the U.S. and
Iraq. Embassy has not, however, received any expression of
objection to such sales from the GOK.
2. (S) Ambassador initially briefed FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah
on planned arms sales to Iraq for counterinsurgency (COIN)
purposes per ref A on September 2. Subsequently, Kuwaiti MFA
U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah advised the Ambassador in a September
11 meeting (ref B),that Kuwaiti Ambassador to Washington
Shaykh Salem Al Sabah had learned from a USG Administration
source that proposed arms sales included 36 F-16s to Iraq.
The Kuwaiti delegation also raised this issue with DepSecDef
England during the Kuwaiti Prime Minister's September 18-19
visit to Washington, but offered no objection.
3. (S) MFA's Follow-up and Coordination director Ambassador
Khaled Al-Muqamis raised no objections to potential U.S.
military sales to Iraq in a September 15 meeting with
POLCOUNS (ref C),but noted that word of them had leaked into
the Kuwaiti press.
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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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JONES
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2018
TAGS: PREL EINV MASS KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT: DEFMIN TELLS PRESS GOK HAS OBJECTED TO
U.S. ARMS SALES TO IRAQ; THIS IS NEWS TO US
REF: A. KUWAIT 947
B. KUWAIT 976
C. KUWAIT 992
D. STATE 91327
Classified By: Political Counselor Peter O'Donohue for reasons 1.4 (a),
(b),and (d)
1. (U) On September 22, Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported
that the Minister of Defense (and Acting PM) Shaykh Jaber
Al-Mubarak Al Sabah had "notified" the United States of
Kuwaiti concerns about an arms deal between the U.S. and
Iraq. Embassy has not, however, received any expression of
objection to such sales from the GOK.
2. (S) Ambassador initially briefed FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah
on planned arms sales to Iraq for counterinsurgency (COIN)
purposes per ref A on September 2. Subsequently, Kuwaiti MFA
U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah advised the Ambassador in a September
11 meeting (ref B),that Kuwaiti Ambassador to Washington
Shaykh Salem Al Sabah had learned from a USG Administration
source that proposed arms sales included 36 F-16s to Iraq.
The Kuwaiti delegation also raised this issue with DepSecDef
England during the Kuwaiti Prime Minister's September 18-19
visit to Washington, but offered no objection.
3. (S) MFA's Follow-up and Coordination director Ambassador
Khaled Al-Muqamis raised no objections to potential U.S.
military sales to Iraq in a September 15 meeting with
POLCOUNS (ref C),but noted that word of them had leaked into
the Kuwaiti press.
********************************************* *
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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JONES