Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUWAIT536
2008-05-14 13:33:00
SECRET
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING
how-toVZCZCXRO4140 PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR DE RUEHKU #0536 1351333 ZNY SSSSS ZZH P 141333Z MAY 08 FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1429 INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
S E C R E T KUWAIT 000536
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/I
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2018
TAGS: PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KU
SUBJECT: INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING
FORWARD TO CT EXCHANGE
REF: KUWAIT 512
Classified By: Ambassador Deborah K. Jones for reasons 1.4 b and d
(S) In a chance encounter with the Ambassador while both were
awaiting meetings with the Kuwaiti PM on May 13, Interior
Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al Sabah frankly
relayed his frustrations with the Kuwaiti parliamentary
candidates and the electorate who, he said, are placing
tribal over national interests. He assured the Ambassador
that his staff had briefed him on the May 4 S/I Satterfield
and May 12 S/CT Dailey discussions with Kuwait State Security
(KSS). Remarking somewhat obliquely about the tendency of
some people to "talk and not to listen," the Minister said he
looked forward to a formal meeting soon to discuss pressing
CT cooperation issues and Iraq-Kuwait border issues. Shaykh
Jaber noted that he had engaged in many discussions on this
topic with Washington interlocutors in his previous roles. A
scheduled meeting may be postponed due to Shaykh Saad's death
and associated formalities.
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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: PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KU
SUBJECT: INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING
FORWARD TO CT EXCHANGE
REF: KUWAIT 512
Classified By: Ambassador Deborah K. Jones for reasons 1.4 b and d
(S) In a chance encounter with the Ambassador while both were
awaiting meetings with the Kuwaiti PM on May 13, Interior
Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al Sabah frankly
relayed his frustrations with the Kuwaiti parliamentary
candidates and the electorate who, he said, are placing
tribal over national interests. He assured the Ambassador
that his staff had briefed him on the May 4 S/I Satterfield
and May 12 S/CT Dailey discussions with Kuwait State Security
(KSS). Remarking somewhat obliquely about the tendency of
some people to "talk and not to listen," the Minister said he
looked forward to a formal meeting soon to discuss pressing
CT cooperation issues and Iraq-Kuwait border issues. Shaykh
Jaber noted that he had engaged in many discussions on this
topic with Washington interlocutors in his previous roles. A
scheduled meeting may be postponed due to Shaykh Saad's death
and associated formalities.
********************************************* *
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/
********************************************* *
JONES