Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KUWAIT912
2009-09-15 07:28:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
(U) (C-NE9-01257) KUWAITI PERCEPTIONS ON IRANIAN
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S E C R E T KUWAIT 000912
NOFORN
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/07/2019
TAGS: PREL PINR PGOV KU IR
SUBJECT: (U) (C-NE9-01257) KUWAITI PERCEPTIONS ON IRANIAN
ACTIVITY IN YEMEN
REF: A. SECSTATE 85632
B. KUWAIT 760
C. KUWAIT 877
D. IIR 6946024309
Classified By: DCM Tom Williams for reasons 1.4 b and d
S E C R E T KUWAIT 000912
NOFORN
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/07/2019
TAGS: PREL PINR PGOV KU IR
SUBJECT: (U) (C-NE9-01257) KUWAITI PERCEPTIONS ON IRANIAN
ACTIVITY IN YEMEN
REF: A. SECSTATE 85632
B. KUWAIT 760
C. KUWAIT 877
D. IIR 6946024309
Classified By: DCM Tom Williams for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (S/NF) Post assesses that Ref A's questions on Iranian
perceptions of Yemen and details regarding bilateral ties
between Tehran and Sana'a are beyond the scope of the GOK to
comment upon. Post notes that there is clear suspicion
within Kuwaiti military circles, as highlighted in a July 22
meeting between GEN Petraeus and Kuwaiti Deputy Chief of
Staff LTG Ahmed Khalid Al Sabah (ref B),that Iran is
supporting Shi'a elements in Yemen. In addition, an August 5
Embassy DATT report (Ref C) cited assertions by Kuwaiti MOD's
Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) that IRIG aims to
increase its influence in Yemen by supporting the Al-Houthi
secessionists. According to the report, the DMI believes
that Iran has played a role in the recent events, but
declines to lay out details of IRIG involvement. One such
allegation was in a report dated April 3, 2009 that suggested
Al-Houthi fighters used Iranian combat training videos.
Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah expressed
to Ambassador on September 2 his suspicions that AQ found
fertile ground in Yemen with the Shi'a Al-Houthis, but fell
short of implicating Iran as a support conduit (ref D). Post
is unaware that the GOK has evidence to
support any of the above suspicions.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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JONES
NOFORN
SIPDIS
NEA/ARP, NEA/RA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/07/2019
TAGS: PREL PINR PGOV KU IR
SUBJECT: (U) (C-NE9-01257) KUWAITI PERCEPTIONS ON IRANIAN
ACTIVITY IN YEMEN
REF: A. SECSTATE 85632
B. KUWAIT 760
C. KUWAIT 877
D. IIR 6946024309
Classified By: DCM Tom Williams for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (S/NF) Post assesses that Ref A's questions on Iranian
perceptions of Yemen and details regarding bilateral ties
between Tehran and Sana'a are beyond the scope of the GOK to
comment upon. Post notes that there is clear suspicion
within Kuwaiti military circles, as highlighted in a July 22
meeting between GEN Petraeus and Kuwaiti Deputy Chief of
Staff LTG Ahmed Khalid Al Sabah (ref B),that Iran is
supporting Shi'a elements in Yemen. In addition, an August 5
Embassy DATT report (Ref C) cited assertions by Kuwaiti MOD's
Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) that IRIG aims to
increase its influence in Yemen by supporting the Al-Houthi
secessionists. According to the report, the DMI believes
that Iran has played a role in the recent events, but
declines to lay out details of IRIG involvement. One such
allegation was in a report dated April 3, 2009 that suggested
Al-Houthi fighters used Iranian combat training videos.
Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah expressed
to Ambassador on September 2 his suspicions that AQ found
fertile ground in Yemen with the Shi'a Al-Houthis, but fell
short of implicating Iran as a support conduit (ref D). Post
is unaware that the GOK has evidence to
support any of the above suspicions.
********************************************* *********
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
visit Kuwait's Classified Website at:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it
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JONES