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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01KUWAIT3081 |
TFUS01: KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER: "BIN LADEN KNOWS [...] KUWAIT'S DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAYKH SABAH AL-AHMAD, CONVOKED THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF OF THE KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES OCTOBER 10 TO DISCUSS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION. SHAYKH SABAH'S STATEMENTS WERE CARRIED OCTOBER 11 BY ALL PAPERS ON THE FRO [...] |
2001-10-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KU |
| 01KUWAIT3338 |
AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - AND UBL SPEECH [...] (S) USAMA BIN LADEN'S NOVEMBER 3 STATEMENT WAS THE SPEECH OF A DESPERATE MAN DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HAD NOT GENERATED GREATER SUPPORT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, KUWAIT MFA UNDERSECRETARY AL-JARALLAH TOLD THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 4. AL-JARALLAH DID NOT EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE PR [...] |
2001-11-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER AF KU |
| 01KUWAIT3757 |
KUWAITIS DENOUNCE BIN LADEN [...] KUWAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OPINION LEADERS DENOUNCED THE BIN LADEN TAPE RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON DECEMBER 13. 2. ASKED HIS VIEW OF THE TAPE, KUWAIT'S ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHAYKH SABAH SAID: "EVERYONE WHO HEARS SUCH THINGS WILL DEFINITELY BE SHOCKED WHEN HE HEA [...] |
2001-12-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL KU |
| 01KUWAIT3821 |
KUWAITIS ARGUE TAPE OFFERS PROOF OF BIN LADEN'S [...] TWO INFLUENTIAL KUWAITIS WROTE COLUMNS RECENTLY ARGUING THAT THE TAPE OF BIN LADEN RELEASED BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTED UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND WELL-KNOWN COLUMNIST, FAISAL AL- ZAMEL, STATED THAT [...] |
2001-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDMR KU |
| 02KUWAIT5166 |
(U) CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AT STATE SECURITY [...] (U) Kuwait's Assistant Under Secretary for State Security Affairs (i.e. head of Kuwait State Security, KSS) Shaykh Mishaal al-Jarrah al-Sabah was not renewed in his position when his term expired November 17. He has been replaced on an acting basis by Major General Abdallah Abdul-Rahman al-Fa [...] |
2002-11-27 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINR KU |
| 02KUWAIT5172 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - KUWAIT: STATUS OF GRF [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
| 02KUWAIT5177 |
(C) GOK URGES US/SCIRI CONTACTS, WITH SOME [...] (C) Summary: After a November 25 meeting with Codel Issa and the Ambassador, Kuwait's Minstate for Foreign Affairs offered to facilitate a meeting between the Codel and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq's (SCIRI's) Chairman Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim and suggested it might b [...] |
2002-12-01 08:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IZ US KU |
| 02KUWAIT5178 |
MABRUKA, ODIN 2 AND SARAH DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU |
| 02KUWAIT5179 |
(SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the subject of hot debate between Government ministers and MPs. Kuwait's liberal retirement policies have created a sense of entitlement which may soon be betrayed [...] |
2002-12-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KU |
| 02KUWAIT5231 |
Erroneous GOK Press Statement Reqardinq Accident [...] (SBU) This afternoon the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued a press statement (text in paragraph 3 below) regarding a naval incident that took place near Bubiyan Island this morning in which one American and one Kuwait received minor injuries. The MOI statement contains information that diff [...] |
2002-12-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS US KU |
| 02KUWAIT5236 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ CLAIMS TO ACCEPT TPC [...] (C) ICRC Delegate Michel Meyer told PolChief December 3 that his headquarters has received a letter from Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa transmitting a November 27 letter SIPDIS from the Iraqi mission to the Arab League in Cairo, which affirmed that Iraq accepted the proposal by the [...] |
2002-12-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5241 |
(U) CODEL ISSA MEETS KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Issa met with the Speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly, Mr. Jassem Al-Khorafi, and other MP's on November 25, 2002. Among the topics discussed were Kuwait's concerns over the U.S.-Saudi relationship, a post-Saddam Iraq and the impact of U.S. policies in Israel and the terri [...] |
2002-12-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU OREP PGOV PREL US |
| 02KUWAIT5257 |
AFGHAN ASSISTANCE: KUWAIT PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON KU AF |
| 02KUWAIT5258 |
DOHA DECLARATION ON TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH [...] On December 3, 2002, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Badir Abdul-Rahim, Assistant Undersecretary for International Trade in Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and to Ayham Al-Omar, Deputy Director in the Americas Department at Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will follo [...] |
2002-12-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR KU WTO |
| 02KUWAIT5261 |
(C) TALABANI PLEASED WITH KUWAITI RECEPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jalal Talabani, leader of the Iraqi Kurdish PUK, told Ambassador December 3 he had been well received by the GOK, which promised to engage with other Iraqi opposition groups as well, and to facilitate contacts with other Gulf states. Kuwait's National Assembly had proposed to ho [...] |
2002-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ KU |
| 02KUWAIT5262 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ FORMALLY ACCEPTS TPC [...] (C) ICRC sent us a copy December 4 of a Note Verbale that its office in Baghdad had received the same day from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, accepting the Tripartite Commission (TPC) proposal to suspend the TSC quorum rule for four months. (ICRC's informal translation from Arabic follows at pa [...] |
2002-12-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5264 |
DEMARCHE ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO THE WTO ON [...] On December 3, 2002, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Badir Abdul-Rahim, Assistant Undersecretary for International Trade at Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and to Akil Behbahani, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department at Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affa [...] |
2002-12-05 04:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KU USTR WTRO |
| 02KUWAIT5293 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING TPC [...] (U) This is a corrected version of KUWAIT 5292, adding dropped text. Please disregard KUWAIT 5292 in favor of this message. 2. Action Request: see paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY: ICRC seeks advance approval of draft Minutes of the upcoming TPC meeting (date still TBD). We seek Depar [...] |
2002-12-09 16:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5296 |
QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA |
| 02KUWAIT5374 |
(C) UN/IRAQ: USING THE 12/18 SESSION TO CONDEMN [...] (C) Post concurs that the 12/18 UNSC session to receive the report from Coordinator for Kuwaiti Property Yuli Vorontsov provides a good opportunity for the USG to denounce Saddam's December 7 speech addressed to the Kuwaitis, which was billed as an apology but was in fact filled with insults, [...] |
2002-12-15 06:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU UN |
| 02KUWAIT5415 |
KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV |
| 02KUWAIT5416 |
(S) KUWAIT 2003 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (S) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is extremely sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sou [...] |
2002-12-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU |
| 02KUWAIT5417 |
(C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...] |
2002-12-17 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV KU IZ |
| 02KUWAIT5418 |
SADDAM'S SPEECH RALLIES KUWAITIS AGAINST HIM [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's December 7 speech to "the sons of the People in Kuwait" has inspired Kuwaitis to rally around their leadership and reaffirm their gratitude for the U.S. military presence, by reminding them of the existential threat he poses to their country. END SUM [...] |
2002-12-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SOCI KU |
| 02KUWAIT5438 |
RADICAL ISLAMIST ACQUITTED OF DAMAGING KUWAITI [...] (U) Influential Kuwaiti Muslim fundamentalist Jaber al-Jalahma was acquitted on December 17 of charges of &damaging military preparations for the defense of the country8 by publicly praising the attackers who shot and killed a U.S. Marine on October 8 as heroes and martyrs. 2. (U) In the s [...] |
2002-12-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU |
| 02KUWAIT5464 |
KUWAIT: SENIOR ADVISOR ON STATUS OF PROJECT KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV KU |
| 02KUWAIT5465 |
KUWAIT: 2002-03 INCSR REPORT (FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KU |
| 02KUWAIT5482 |
(C) MEETING OF TRIPARTITE COMMISSION ON GULF WAR [...] (C) As pre-arranged, the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC) met in Geneva December 18 and approved a rule suspension designed to revive Iraqi participation after 4 years of boycott. The minutes (text at paragraph 2 below) were pre-agreed. Iraq signed them in Baghdad earl [...] |
2002-12-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 02KUWAIT5494 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] On December 22, EconChief and Econoff visited the offices of Gulf and Middle East Technological Solutions (GMETS) to verify that the company had received one chem/bio personal protective kit (export license 05-870417), per reftel instructions. Econoffs met with the company's managing director [...] |
2002-12-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC KU |
| 02KUWAIT5526 |
IN WAKE OF FATAL ACCIDENT GOK SEEKS TIGHTER [...] (C) In the course of a December 25 meeting on other topics (septels), the Ambassador and Kuwait Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah discussed the December 22 death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat as a result of injuries he suffered the preceding day while co [...] |
2002-12-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL US FR IZ KU |
| 02KUWAIT5528 |
GCC PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES [...] (S) Summary: Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah gave the Ambassador a readout on this week,s GCC Summit during a December 25th meeting. While billed as an opportunity to discuss internal GCC issues, including the conclusion of a much-publicized customs agreement, Dr. [...] |
2002-12-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IZ KU |
| 02KUWAIT5549 |
GCC PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IZ KU |
| 02KUWAIT5560 |
(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic Call Committee). The information is publicly available. Any new additional information will be provided via ORCA channels. 2. (U) Established in 1984, LD [...] |
2002-12-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS |
| 02KUWAIT5587 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT - STATUS OF GRF FREEZE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
| 02KUWAIT5609 |
KUWAIT REQUEST FOR AIRCRAFT SECURITY IN U.S. AND [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ASEC EAIR PTER KU |
| 02KUWAIT5611 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: KUWAIT'S AGENDA FOR TSC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This message summarizes Kuwait's agenda for the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC). Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have agreed to meet in Amman on January 8 under ICRC chairmanship, in accordance with the [...] |
2002-12-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 03KUWAIT1001 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 19: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] Summary: President Bush's call for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq within 48 hours was echoed by Kuwait's National Assembly on March 18. Commentators point out that the President's ultimatum reflects the proposal of Oman's Sheikh Zayed for Saddam's exile, but that the time for that [...] |
2003-03-20 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1002 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 19, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-20 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1004 |
APPROVAL OF PROVISIONAL ENTRY OF FORCES INTO [...] (S) THE GOK HAS AUTHORIZED NEW COALITION FORCES TO ENTER INTO KUWAIT WITHOUT A SIGNED STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT, PROVIDED (A) THEY ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE UNITED STATES AND (B) SOFA NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING. THE AUTHORIZATION, IN A FORM SIMILAR TO THAT GRANTED TO THE CZECHS IN JANUARY, [...] |
2003-03-20 04:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT1005 |
KUWAIT AIRWAYS PREPARES FOR WAR [...] SUMMARY. In the face of a potential US-led attack on Iraq and any retaliatory strikes, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) unveiled its emergency plan, which includes reduced flights and the possibility of relocating operations to Dubai. Officials at Kuwait International Airport will continue to [...] |
2003-03-20 04:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CASC KU |
| 03KUWAIT1009 |
SITREP NO. 3 [...] SITREP NO. 3 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- All reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three. At 0615hrs on 20 March 2003, POTUS addressed the nation and stated that American and Coalition Forces were i [...] |
2003-03-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1010 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 20, 2003 [...] (C) A full breakdown of KPC production was not available today, but a senior KPC official reported total output was 2.45 million barrels for the period 0500 3/19/03 to 0500 3/20/03. 2.(C) Following several missile attacks aimed at Kuwait, a senior KPC official contacted EconChief to ascertai [...] |
2003-03-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1013 |
SITREP NO. 4 [...] SITREP NO. 4 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- Classified Kuwait 1012 reported multiple missile launches. Watchstanders and others put on gas masks and went to safehaven until all clear announced. No chemical/bi [...] |
2003-03-20 21:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1018 |
SITREP NO. 5 [...] SITREP NO. 5 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had four duck-and- cover alerts in resp [...] |
2003-03-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1020 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 21, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed breakdown of Kuwaiti oil production is not available today. A senior KPC official told EconChief today that production in the previous 24 hours reached 2.5 million barrels. He said that loading operations were proceeding as normal, although there had been some movements of tanker [...] |
2003-03-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1021 |
TFIZ01: OIL SMOKE CLOUDS OVER KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: People in Kuwait awoke March 21, 2003, to a dark sky north of the city. Post confirmed through US military sources that the smoke clouds were caused from multiple oil well fires burning in Iraq and started by the Iraqis. Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) said the sky looke [...] |
2003-03-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1022 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21: WAR IN IRAQ; POST- [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators who have viewed the end of Saddam's regime as a fait accompli for months look in greater detail at issues in post-Saddam Iraq. Pushing aside any thought of generous gestures, one writer states that Kuwait should not waive the financial compensation it has coming [...] |
2003-03-21 19:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1023 |
SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...] |
2003-03-21 21:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1024 |
SITREP NO. 7 [...] SITREP NO. 7 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 22. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had no "duck-and-cover" alerts. ---- [...] |
2003-03-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1035 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 22: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators complain that Arab world media continue to be biased towards Kuwait, and ask rhetorically why other Arabs do not decry Iraq's launching of surface to surface missiles against Kuwait in recent days. One commentator lauds Kuwaitis for their behavior on the first ni [...] |
2003-03-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1036 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 22, 2003 [...] (C) A senior KPC official told EconChief that the Kuwait Oil Company Firefighting team has been dispatched to Northern Kuwait to assess the situation and prepare to assist in fighting fires in Iraq's Rumaila field. Embassy understands that KOC Chairman Ahmad Al-Arbeed acted on instructions fro [...] |
2003-03-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1037 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 9 [...] SITREP NO. 8 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 23. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Ops Center is aware of the events at Camp Pennsylvania, however we have n [...] |
2003-03-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT104 |
(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...] |
2003-01-14 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC |
| 03KUWAIT1040 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP: MARCH 12-18, 2003 [...] The long-running Kheiran Pearls scandal was finally resolved this week (reftel B) when a vote of no-confidence against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Sharar failed to pass the National Assembly. Motions to cancel the Kheiran Pearls contract and to re [...] |
2003-03-23 10:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT1044 |
KUWAITI PARLIAMENT MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (C) On March 22, the Ambassador joined the French ambassador and the ambassadors of Italy, Canada and Russia as well as the British and German DCM's to carry out the G8 demarche on adherence to counter terrorism conventions with Mohammed al-Sagr, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee o [...] |
2003-03-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PREL PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT1046 |
TFIZ01:SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...] |
2003-03-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1047 |
KUWAIT SNUBBING ARAB LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed reftel demarche with Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah, Office Director for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, on the morning of March 23. Shaykh Ahmed informed the Ambassador that Dr. Mohammed would not be attending the March 24 Ara [...] |
2003-03-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL XF IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1048 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...] |
2003-03-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1049 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 23, 2003 [...] (C) A Senior KOC official tells the Embassy that the KOC firefighting team is now on site at the Ratqa Field camp in Northern Kuwait. They visited the site of burning oil wells in the Rumaila field in Southern Iraq yesterday, and intend to enter Iraq again tomorrow to begin the work of exting [...] |
2003-03-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT105 |
(C) GULF WAR MISSING: 1/22 MEETING WILL BE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq held a meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing (TPC) January 8 in Amman, Jordan. The process got off to a reasonably constructive start but will only begin to tackle su [...] |
2003-01-14 07:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
| 03KUWAIT1050 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 10 [...] SITREP NO. 10 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 23. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- Embassy operations center rece [...] |
2003-03-23 21:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1053 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. [...] SITREP NO. 11 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0105 Duck and Cover Alert, donned gas masks, all clear announced ten min [...] |
2003-03-24 09:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1056 |
SADDAM,S DEFEAT COULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Long before the fighting began on Kuwait's northern border, Kuwaiti firms were bombarding the Embassy with requests to do business with U.S. and coalition forces here, and expressing commercial interests in a post-Saddam Iraq. Kuwaiti businessmen see Kuwait as the logical jumpin [...] |
2003-03-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1062 |
HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT #1 24 [...] This is the initial USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) daily cable that will report on the humanitarian situation within Iraq from Kuwait City. End Summary. ------------- DART ARRIVALS ------------- 2. Team West is fully constituted with the arrival of NGaertner and JAcree. [...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1063 |
KUWAIT REQUESTS IMMEDIATE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 24, the GOK requested immediate USG assistance in facilitating an oil swap with Saudi Arabia, thereby providing Jordan with badly needed crude oil. End Summary. 3. (C) During their March 24 meeting, Kuwaiti MinS [...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EPET KU SA JO |
| 03KUWAIT1064 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 24, 2003 [...] (C) A detailed breakdown of Kuwait's oil production is not yet available for today, but Embassy is told output from 0500 03/23/03 to 0500 03/24/03 reached 2.42 million barrels. 2. (C) Kuwaiti firefighters apparently put out one of the fires burning in Iraq's Rumaila oilfield today, and they [...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1065 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 12 [...] SITREP NO. 12 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1159 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24, 2003 . 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1310 Duck and Cover Alert; gas masks donned. 1320 All C [...] |
2003-03-24 20:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1068 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 13 [...] SITREP NO. 13 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 25, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0110 Duck and cover alert sounded. 0117 All clear --------- [...] |
2003-03-25 09:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1074 |
TFIZ01: THE WORD ON KUWAIT'S ENVIRONMENT [...] SUMMARY: As US-led military action against Iraq moved into its sixth day, Kuwait stepped up measures to protect the environment from Iraqi retaliatory strikes. Particular focus has been placed on monitoring the air and sea, as dark clouds from Iraqi oil fires continue to drift across the borde [...] |
2003-03-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET ALOW IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1075 |
FLOOD OF SUPPORT FROM KUWAITI POPULATION [...] At 7:45am March 25, Op Center Kuwait received a call from a Kuwaiti woman expressing support for our role in the military action in Iraq. She said her call was the result of a text message she received on her cell phone telling her to call the Embassy to let us know her opinion of the conflic [...] |
2003-03-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI MOPS PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT1078 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 25, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1079 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Calls for boycotting and withdrawing from the Arab League are raised following the organization's communique condemning the war, with one commentator labeling the League as a "house of ill-repute." Another notes pointedly that Kuwait is the only Arab country to commit aid to Iraqi re [...] |
2003-03-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1080 |
USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...] |
2003-03-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1081 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 14 [...] SITREP NO. 14 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 25, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1500 Duck and cover alert sounded. 1509 All Clear sounded. -- [...] |
2003-03-25 20:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1082 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT-CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL ASPECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action message -- see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a March 24 meeting with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and Acting Finance Minister) Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador raised issue of unblocking frozen Iraqi government assets in Kuwait for use [...] |
2003-03-26 06:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC PREL |
| 03KUWAIT1083 |
TERRORIST FINANCE -- KUWAIT: FREEZING LAJNAT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Central Bank (CBK) Governor Shaykh Salem AbdulAziz Al-Sabah on March 23 to review the status of freeze actions by the Central Bank against accounts of the Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiyya (LDI). The Governor confirmed local press reports that KD 1.4 million (nearly [...] |
2003-03-26 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT1086 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 15 [...] SITREP NO. 15 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 26, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Post recei [...] |
2003-03-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT11 |
KUWAIT: DELIVERY OF TRIPS MORATORIUM LETTERS [...] On December 29, 2002 Embassy delivered the text of Ambassador Zoellick's letter on the USG TRIPS moratorium to the Minister of Commerce and Industry, with courtesy copies to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Public Health. 2. Post will report any subsequent substan [...] |
2003-01-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KU USTR |
| 03KUWAIT1101 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 26, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports on 3/26 noted the visit of the acting Minister of Oil, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Sabah to the Ratqa oil field where he met with the Kuwait oil firefighting team. The press report notes the cooperation of the Kuwaiti team with an American team could result in all the fire [...] |
2003-03-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1102 |
(C) IRAQI OPPOSITIONISTS AND RECONSTRUCTION; [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, during an introductory call for Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) Director, Gen. Jay Garner, he and the Ambassador discussed war-related issues with Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah . Among the items raised were ORHA [...] |
2003-03-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1103 |
USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] On 25 March, the Health Fusion Cell met with representatives in water and sanitation, civil governance, and OTI to strategize on health and water assessments, funding capabilities, and interventions. CA assessments have begun in Safwan to determine the condition of the 5,000 people who are i [...] |
2003-03-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ KU WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1104 |
USAID/DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] There has been no new influx of IDPs in northern Iraq since Iraq closed and mined the roads from the South. The ICRC confirmed that movements in the Kurdish-controlled areas were small compared to recent media reports. On 24 March MCI reported that people have begun returning to Sulaimaniyah [...] |
2003-03-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1105 |
(C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...] |
2003-03-26 18:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU |
| 03KUWAIT1106 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. [...] SITREP NO. 16 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 26,02003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Missile launch alert approximately 2005. Duck and cover sounded. [...] |
2003-03-26 20:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1108 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 17 [...] SITREP NO. 17 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1135 Duck and cover alarm 1150 All clear --------- Political [...] |
2003-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1112 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 27, 2003 [...] (U) Press reports on 3/27/03 confirm that efforts to extinguish fires burning in the Rumaila field in southern Iraq were abandoned on Tuesday, March 25, due to poor weather conditions, and added that joint efforts of the Kuwaiti Oil Company (KOC) firefighting team and U.S. contractor Boots and [...] |
2003-03-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1113 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 18 [...] SITREP NO. 18 AS OF 2400 HOURS LOCAL, 1600 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1330 Duck and cover alarm was sounded, when the Consequent Manageme [...] |
2003-03-27 21:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1116 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 19 [...] SITREP NO. 19 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 28 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Nothing to [...] |
2003-03-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1119 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 28, 2003 [...] (C) Embassy notes that that KOC reported production from its northern fields has risen 7.1% from 400,265 barrels on March 26 to 428,689 barrels on March 28. This increase is expected to continue as KOC officials open more shut-in well heads in the Ratqa and, eventually, the Abdali fields. How [...] |
2003-03-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1121 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT - UMM QASR [...] On 26 March, five members of the USAID/DART drove from Kuwait City to Umm Qasr, Iraq to assess the prevailing security and to examine the damage to port infrastructure. Umm Qasr has an estimated population of 40,000 people and two port areas. Currently, there is no electricity or running wat [...] |
2003-03-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1122 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] On 26 March, the Regional Coordinator for UNICEF/Iraq convened a water/sanitation meeting in collaboration with the HOC USACE. The limited effectiveness of treatment plants combined with the shortage of technical capability in Iraq for repairs and management means that water and sewage are m [...] |
2003-03-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1123 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF FOOD, WATER, AND HEALTH [...] On 27 March, the DART, with assistance from Coalition forces, conducted an assessment of the food, water, and health situation in Umm Qasr. With regard to the Coalition military presence in Umm Qasr, the DART was impressed by the priority being placed on providing security to the community, [...] |
2003-03-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1143 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 21 [...] SITREP NO. 21 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0145 - Two separate calls from Wash OPS Center requesting informat [...] |
2003-03-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1147 |
PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR IN KUWAIT'S STATE MEDIA [...] After months of public hedging and equivocation for the benefit of the media and the Arab League, the GOK has come out in strong support for the war on Iraq, and Kuwaiti public opinion is following its lead. Embassy has received hundreds of calls expressing support from ordinary Kuwaitis, many [...] |
2003-03-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1148 |
KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 29, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1149 |
TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 22 [...] SITREP NO. 22 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1759 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- At 1810 hours a 'duck and cover' alarm sounded; the all clear was an [...] |
2003-03-29 20:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT115 |
BAGHDAD ON HIS MIND: GOK'S PRE-OCCUPATION WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with a visiting delegation led by former US senior diplomat Frank Wisner, Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah shared candid views on pressing priorities for his government. Discussion centered on four main themes: Sa [...] |
2003-01-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR KU |
| 03KUWAIT1153 |
TFIZ01 - KUWAITI OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (S) Ambassador spoke with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah afternoon of Thursday, March 27 on the status of Kuwait's agreement to provide Jordan with 25,000 barrels of oil per day (BPD) in light of the loss of Iraqi oil supplies. Ambassador [...] |
2003-03-30 07:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EPET EAID PREL KU SA JO |
| 03KUWAIT1158 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 23 [...] SITREP NO. 23 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 29, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Nothing to [...] |
2003-03-30 09:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1162 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed Kuwaiti production figures are unavailable today, but total production is understood to remain above 2.4 million barrels per day. 2. (C) A senior KPC official confirmed today that all three refineries of the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (Mina Al-Ahmadi, Mina Al-Abdulla [...] |
2003-03-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1166 |
TFIZ01: DART ABUSE PREVENTION UNIT [...] The DART Abuse Prevention Unit has been activated to identify, monitor, prevent, and respond to human rights abuses and protection issues in Iraq. Since arriving in Kuwait, the APU has briefed military units, NGOs, ORHA, and the USAID Reconstruction Team on the importance of reporting on rep [...] |
2003-03-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF MOPS PREL IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1167 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 24 [...] SITREP NO. 24 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 30, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1630 Received telephone call from DOS Task Force requesting details [...] |
2003-03-30 20:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1168 |
KUWAIT MINISTER OF STATE PLANS P-5 TOUR, REQUESTS [...] (C) Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah contacted the Ambassador on March 30 to inform him that he is planning a whirlwind tour of P-5 capitals, most likely beginning with meetings on April 7 in Beijing and proceeding westward to Moscow [...] |
2003-03-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP US IZ KU UNSC |
| 03KUWAIT1176 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 31, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1177 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 30: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Media commentary reflects a sense of alienation and resentment vis-a-vis Kuwait's Arab League confreres. Demonstrations were held this week in front of the Libyan and Syrian embassies in Kuwait, and a proposal now before the National Assembly calls for parliamentary approval of any f [...] |
2003-03-31 15:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1178 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 26 [...] SITREP NO. 26 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 31, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- One Kuwaiti called in su [...] |
2003-03-31 21:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1181 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION [...] Humanitarian assistance is beginning to flow into parts of southern Iraq provided by both the Kuwaiti Red Crescent and Coalition forces. An UNSECOORD security assessment team is expected to travel to Umm Qasr on 30 March to determine whether the town can be deemed a permissive environment for [...] |
2003-04-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1182 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 27 [...] SITREP NO. 27 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0400 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 1, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0905 Duck and cover alert. All clear announced 0915. --------- [...] |
2003-04-01 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1195 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 1, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1197 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP: MARCH 29 TO APRIL 1, [...] SUMMARY: The National Assembly voiced strong support for Operation Iraqi Freedom, approved the GOK's supplemental budget request of approximately $1.6 billion, and debated punishing hostile states by withholding loans from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The mood of defiance [...] |
2003-04-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID PINR IZ LY KU |
| 03KUWAIT1198 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 28 [...] SITREP NO. 28 AS OF 1815 HOURS LOCAL, 1015 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 1, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...] |
2003-04-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1199 |
SADDAM'S SECRET WEAPON: THE MIGHTY MENGASH! [...] Summary: The forced landing of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter behind Iraqi lines in the early days of the war, and the resulting implausible Iraqi claims that a heroic farmer named Mengash was responsible, have spawned a cottage industry of derision in Kuwait. Today's date (April 01), and Ku [...] |
2003-04-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1207 |
KUWAITI YUPPIES LOOK BEYOND THE LONG-AWAITED WAR [...] SUMMARY: Where reftels analyzed how the US-led war against Iraq might affect Kuwait's political and economic landscape in general, this cable examines perceptions of a specific sector of society -- young, upwardly-mobile, democratically-minded professionals. At an informal dinner, EmbOffs me [...] |
2003-04-02 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD MARR IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1212 |
VISIT TO UMM QASR BY ORHA DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ORHA Director Lt. Gen. Jay Garner (ret.), accompanied by ORHA senior staff, visited the liberated Iraqi port city of Umm Qasr on April 1. The ORHA team met with the commanding officers of the British forces holding both the port facilities and the town. The port and associated [...] |
2003-04-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ASEC MOPS PGOV IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1213 |
PROMOTING U.S. (AND OTHER FOREIGN) TRADE WITH, AND [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD EAID BEXP PREL IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1214 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES CUSTOMS LAW [...] During its April 1, 2003 session, Kuwait's National Assembly ratified and referred to the Council of Ministers a draft unified customs law for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Kuwait remains the lone member of the six-nation GCC yet to formally agree on the legal side of the GCC Customs [...] |
2003-04-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD ECON KU GCC |
| 03KUWAIT1215 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Commentators call for moderation of the Kuwaiti rhetoric denouncing other Arab states that has dominated opinion over the last week, appealing to feelings of Pan-Arabism. However, frustrations remain keen, with reports that the Kuwaiti government has decided not to fund the Al-Arabi [...] |
2003-04-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1217 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 02, 2003 [...] (S/NF) Post has investigated rumors of an explosion and fire at the Rawdatain oil field in northern Kuwait, and found them to be untrue. KPC and U.S. military sources confirm that an apparent Iraqi missile did recently land in an unpopulated area south of the Rawdatain and west of the Sabriy [...] |
2003-04-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1219 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 30 [...] SITREP NO. 30 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 02, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Nothing to report. --------- Political --------- Six Kuwaiti [...] |
2003-04-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1221 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-27 23:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT1227 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 03, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-03 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1232 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 04, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-04 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1233 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 34 [...] SITREP NO. 34 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Cons [...] |
2003-04-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1234 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 35 [...] SITREP NO. 35 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2200 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 4, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- POL/MIL Officer received a call from KSS on alleged shooting of U [...] |
2003-04-05 03:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1242 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART UPDATES FROM SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] On 31 March, DART members, accompanied by Coalition forces, conducted a rapid assessment of Basra International Airport and a water treatment plant located on the airport property. On 2 April, the DART received updates from Coalition forces on the status of Umm Qasr Port, as well as food and [...] |
2003-04-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1250 |
(U) GOK TO TAKE ITS CASE ON THE ROAD [...] (C) Summary: During their April 2 meeting, the Ambassador and MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed the progress of the war and Dr. Mohammed,s upcoming trip to key UNSC member states. The Minister said the focus of his visits would be to discuss an array of issues surr [...] |
2003-04-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ SY SA |
| 03KUWAIT1251 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003 [...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis ------------------------ POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS ------------------------ 2. A spokesman from the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) reporte 3. In a meeting with the DART on March 29, the Head of the United Na [...] |
2003-04-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1256 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 1 APRIL 2003 [...] UNHCR has heard anecdotal reports of two to three thousand Iraqis fleeing Basrah. On 31 March, Coalition forces deemed the coastal land route to Umm Qasr a permissive environment. NGO convoys traveling to Umm Qasr will need to coordinate their movements through the HOC. On 3 March, UNICEF r [...] |
2003-04-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1271 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART SITUATION REPORT 2 APRIL [...] On 1 April, DART personnel in Umm Qasr reported concerns over water distribution. Additional DART personnel will travel to Umm Qasr on 2 April to discuss the distribution plans in more detail with those involved. On 28 March, Coalition forces conducted an assessment of Umm Qasr hospital, wh [...] |
2003-04-06 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1273 |
FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...] |
2003-04-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL CASC KU |
| 03KUWAIT1274 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 05, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed oil production for Kuwait Oil Company was not available today, but production likely remains just under 2.4 million barrels. 2. (C) EconChief had a chance to visit the two wells in the Rumeila field of Southern Iraq that continue burning. One well is burning crude oil, emittin [...] |
2003-04-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1276 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 37 [...] SITREP NO. 37 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 6, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...] |
2003-04-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1280 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 06, 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1283 |
(C) SCENESETTER FOR GOK MINSTATE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Planning, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, leaves Kuwait April 6 on a whirlwind tour to Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. To governments that opposed Operation Iraqi [...] |
2003-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM PINR IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1288 |
TFIZ01: DART/PRM SITUATION REPORT 6 APRIL 2003 [...] On 4 April, DART members in Umm Qasr met with Coalition forces, who provided an overview of the situation in the town. According to Coalition forces, 1,500 to 2,000 people from Basrah have moved to Umm Qasr. On 3 April, one Emergency Health Kit was sent from the OFDA warehouse to a hospital [...] |
2003-04-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1292 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 39 [...] SITREP NO. 39 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 7, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...] |
2003-04-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1293 |
KUWAITI CONCERNS ON MEETING ITS AID PLEDGE TO PA [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the issue of Kuwaiti support for the Palestinian Authority (ref A) with Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah, the Head of Office for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, the morning of April 6. (Dr. Mohammed was unavailable due to a last [...] |
2003-04-07 15:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL US IS KU |
| 03KUWAIT1296 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM SITUATION REPORT 7 APRIL 2003 [...] The first ship containing Australian-donated wheat is expected to off-load at the main port in Kuwait City on 7 April. The DART's APU continues to engage NGOs and Coalition forces on plans for responding to human rights abuses. The USAID Reconstruction Team is working with ORHA, Coalition [...] |
2003-04-08 04:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1297 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 40 [...] SITREP NO. 40 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 7, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- The Polish Ambassador to [...] |
2003-04-08 05:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1306 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 08, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports today quote Kuwait Undersecretary for Oil Issa Al-Aoun as saying that Kuwait will continue to produce 2.44 million barrels of oil a day until further notice to meet shortages in the international oil market. He also told reporters that Kuwait will start supplying 25,000 [...] |
2003-04-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1307 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 41 [...] SITREP NO. 41 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1000 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 8, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consula [...] |
2003-04-08 14:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1308 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 7: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Despite the anger at Arab media portrayals of the war, one commentator writes that the televised image of American soldiers retreating from Al-Najaf when faced with a mob that mistakenly believed the troops were heading to occupy the mosque is a positive example of US respect for Muslims. An [...] |
2003-04-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1334 |
REACHING OUT AT THE SHI'ITE FEAST OF AL-ARBA'EEN [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Both the people and the Government of Kuwait support U.S. actions in Iraq very strongly. Even here, however, the constant drumbeat in the Arabic press of U.S. anti-Muslim intent is having an effect. In recent conversations wo [...] |
2003-04-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1335 |
IRAQ: BULGARIA SEEKING TO SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. The Government of Bulgaria is seeking ways to support efforts by the DoD Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in the reconstruction and civil administration of Iraq according to Bulgarian Ambassador to Kuwait [...] |
2003-04-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BU IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1337 |
(C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait April 7 expressed support for the security of Kuwait, and affirmed the organization's readiness to provide humanitarian aid to Iraq. The Ministers decided that the GCC will discuss the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh on April 15, appa [...] |
2003-04-09 17:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1341 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 44 [...] SITREP NO. 33 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- At 1825 a phone call was received in the operations center from a [...] |
2003-04-10 03:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1344 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 45 [...] SITREP NO. 45 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 10, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- Several Kuwaitis called to express thanks for the Coalition's libera [...] |
2003-04-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1345 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 46 [...] SITREP NO. 46 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 11, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1810 - US Embassy Berlin Pol-Mil Affairs Officer telephoned to pas [...] |
2003-04-11 02:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1359 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 10 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART met with the newly established town council in Umm Qasr on 9 April. WFP will hold a meeting in Rome to discuss the current food pipeline for Iraq, including donor contributions and how the OFF may offset certain requirements as outlined in the U.N. consolidated appeal on 10 April. [...] |
2003-04-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1360 |
TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR WATER UPDATE 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 8 April, the DART attended the Water/Sanitation Sectoral Meeting, held at the UNDP Office in Kuwait City. The DART also met with civil affairs representative and UNICEF to discuss the water supply situation in Umm Qasr. The following report is based on these meetings. END SUMMARY. ---- [...] |
2003-04-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1361 |
TFIZ01: DART UMM QASR TRIP REPORT 9 APRIL 2003 [...] On 5 April, the DART made a third assessment trip to Umm Qasr. The DART joined up with two members positioned in Umm Qasr and met Coalition force representatives and five community leaders, who have assumed the role of the civilian leadership of the town following the departure of most Baath [...] |
2003-04-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1363 |
KUWAIT: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS NOTICE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KU WTO |
| 03KUWAIT138 |
GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY; INFLUENTIAL KUWAITI [...] (U) This message contains biographical information. Please see para. 8 for biographical information. 2. (C) Summary. Faced with ineffectual political leadership, some of the large commercial families of Kuwait have stepped into the political fray to derail the rising tide of Islamism here, [...] |
2003-01-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1381 |
TFIZ01: TRYING TO RESOLVE THE UNCC/RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Decisions will be made soon about distributions of Iraqi oil revenues that may have significant political as well as economic ramifications. Our GOK contacts accept in principle the idea of reducing the percentage of Iraqi oil revenues paid into the UN Compensation Commission (U [...] |
2003-04-13 06:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PREL EFIN KU IZ UNCC |
| 03KUWAIT1390 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 50 [...] SITREP NO. 50 AS OF 0600 HOURS LOCAL, 2300 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 12, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NSTR --------- Political --------- Fielded request from a re [...] |
2003-04-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1405 |
TFIZ01 -- RESPONDING TO THE LOOTING OF THE IRAQI [...] NIACT immediate precedence required for action outside normal working hours. 2. This is an action message. 2. US academic and military contacts indicate they are hearing rumors that antiquities looted from the Baghdad Iraqi Museum are already appearing on European markets. Press re [...] |
2003-04-13 16:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL MOPS IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1415 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 13 APRIL 2003 [...] The issue of milling of the Australian-donated wheat has yet to be resolved as WFP cannot proceed with milling until the negotiations with OIP are completed. Representatives of the IRAC reported that documents have been completely looted from GOI intelligence offices in Umm Qasr. DART member [...] |
2003-04-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1416 |
THE IMPORTANCE TO IRAQS POST-WAR ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: ORHA believes that its success in administering the newly liberated Iraq will depend significantly on stimulating early economic activity and sending a message of hope for their economic future to the Iraqi people. ORHA proposes to encourage trade with, and inves [...] |
2003-04-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECON EFIN PREL IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1446 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 14 APRIL 2003 [...] The results of the Coalition assessment of health facilities in Basrah City were briefed at the Humanitarian Operations Center on 10 April. The assessment found that most of the 82 primary health centers are functioning and have sufficient staff, supplies, and equipment for the present time. [...] |
2003-04-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1451 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 54 [...] SITREP NO. 54 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 15, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1030 Call received from a Kuwaiti man whose brother is employed as [...] |
2003-04-15 18:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1454 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 14, 2003 [...] (C) For the period beginning 0500 April 10 and ending 0500 April 14, total Kuwait daily crude oil production averaged 2,405,280 barrels per day. Average production from Northern Kuwaiti fields averaged 421,907 barrels per day for the period. 2. (C) The average stock level for Kuwait Export [...] |
2003-04-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT1468 |
ARAB FUND MEETING APRIL 22-23: REQUEST FOR URGENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1477 |
TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 58 [...] SITREP NO. 58 AS OF 1800 HOURS LOCAL, 1100 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME APRIL 17, 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- NTSR --------- Political --------- NSTR -------- Consul [...] |
2003-04-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT1499 |
KUWAIT: WIRELESS INTERNET SURVEY RESULTS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-19 12:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT15 |
(U) GOK WINS SOCIAL SECURITY AND PENSION BATTLE, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On December 30, the National Assembly defeated budget-busting amendments to Kuwait,s social security and pension law, and approved GOK-sponsored ones instead, temporarily allaying fears that Kuwait,s Social Security fund would be bankrupt by 2026. While the victory [...] |
2003-01-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SOCI KU |
| 03KUWAIT1514 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 17 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART food team attended a meeting with Coalition forces and WFP on 15 April during which WFP requested that Coalition forces provide security at warehouses, silos, and mills. Coalition forces agreed to try to provide security to the food infrastructure sites and to assist in getting esse [...] |
2003-04-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1515 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 17 APRIL 2003 [...] The DART food team attended a meeting with Coalition forces and WFP on 15 April during which WFP requested that Coalition forces provide security at warehouses, silos, and mills. Coalition forces agreed to try to provide security to the food infrastructure sites and to assist in getting esse [...] |
2003-04-20 05:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1766 |
TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in northern Iraq areas remains semi-stable. There is almost no movement of IDPs, and UNOPS believes there is no IDP emergency in the North. UNOPS is considering returning to pre- war activities once the status of the U.N. in Iraq is clarified. ICRC also reported that the need f [...] |
2003-04-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1779 |
TRADING WITH IRAQ [...] Post responses are provided to questions posed in reftel. Q: WE UNDERSTAND THAT IRAQ HAS COMPLETED FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES. IF HOST GOVERNMENT HAS AN FTA WITH IRAQ, WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE AGREEMENT? I.E. DOES IT SIMPLY COVER GOODS, OR DOES IT COVER OTHER AR [...] |
2003-05-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1813 |
AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 30 MEETING WITH MINSTATE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah on April 30th. Among the issues discussed were Kuwaiti POWs, the future of Kuwait's fuel donations to coalition forces and the status of ongoing efforts to secure an Article 98 agreement with [...] |
2003-05-04 06:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1825 |
TFIZ01: FUEL SITUATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...] |
2003-05-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1826 |
TFIZ01: DART REPORT ON WFP/UNICEF & NGO FOOD AND [...] The DART met with WFP, UNICEF, and several NGOs on 28 April to discuss developments in the food and nutrition sectors. Of primary interest were WFP's assessment of Ministry of Trade (MOT) capacity in Basrah and IMC's assessment in the Amarah-Al Kut corridor. End Summary. ----------------- [...] |
2003-05-04 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1830 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF HEET AND AL HADITHAH [...] DART Field Team West began assessing communities along the Euphrates River northeast of Ar Ramadi on 27 April. The DART traveled the main highway between Ar Rutbah and the intersection with Highway 12. The DART assessed both the Heet and Al Hadithah communities in Al Anbar governorate. In g [...] |
2003-05-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1831 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AR RUTBAH [...] Members of DART Field Team West traveled from Jordan to Ar Rutbah in western Iraqi on 26 April. The team met with local officials including the newly selected mayor, health officials, PDS food agents, education officials and local community members. CARE sent two water engineers to Ar Rutba [...] |
2003-05-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1842 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI [...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...] |
2003-05-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1848 |
(S/NF) IRANIAN PROTEST PLANNERS MEET WITH [...] (S/NF) Poloff spoke with Washington-based American-Iranian activist Mark Namdar (strictly protect) on May 3, 2003. Mr. Namdar serves as an unofficial spokesman and intermediary for U.S.-based Iranian student movement leader and political asylee Reza Mohajeri-Nejad. Mr. Namdar claims that th [...] |
2003-05-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR |
| 03KUWAIT1849 |
TFIZ01: DART AN NASIRIYAH TRIP REPORT 1 - 2 MAY [...] Between 1 and 2 May, the DART traveled to An Nasiriyah. Accompanied by GOAL and IMC, the DART visited two hospitals and local water and sewage treatment facilities. The DART attended the CMOC briefing on 2 May, during which, local leaders presented the town's most critical needs: food, propa [...] |
2003-05-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1850 |
TFIZ01: FUEL SITUTATION IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] Concern about the supply of cooking gas and related fuels for the southern region of Iraq continues. The Basrah refinery, the reported primary source of LPG cooking gas for most of the south, is damaged and not expected to be on line for at least a month. An effort to provide bottled gas fro [...] |
2003-05-05 15:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1851 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL ANBAR [...] Between 26 and 29 April, DART Field Team West traveled more than 1,400 km inside Iraq conducting an assessment of communities in the western governorate of Al Anbar. The DART conducted assessments in Ar Rutbah, Hadithah, Anah, and Heet. The DART also stopped in Baghdad to talk with some com [...] |
2003-05-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1909 |
GOK CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Iraqi debt (reftel), and the issue of Oil For Food (OFF) revenues for the UNCC with Kuwaiti MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their April 29 meeting. Dr. Mohammed expressed great concern over possible plans for Iraqi debt reduction, [...] |
2003-05-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1911 |
2003 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-07 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR KU USTR |
| 03KUWAIT1914 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 7: DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: A strong call for the end of the Arab League appears on the commentary pages, citing the League's repeated failures to solve Arab problems or maintain Arab unity, most prominently during the Iraq crisis. Arab satellite news channels are attacked for the negative tone of their covera [...] |
2003-05-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT1927 |
(C) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SOURCE COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftels reported on GOK's efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons, an issue on which it is increasingly engaged. This message provides an update on GOK initiatives as well as a snapshot of opinions of source country embassies in Kuwait voiced during a May 7 lunc [...] |
2003-05-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU |
| 03KUWAIT1929 |
PROTECTING IRAQ'S CULTURAL HERITAGE: UPDATE MAY 6 [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing investigations at the Iraqi National Museum are revealing the extent of losses from display galleries and stores from the early April looting. Present reports indicate 38 items, including some well-known pieces, were lost from or damaged in the display galleries. Tallies of [...] |
2003-05-10 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PGOV MOPS IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1931 |
TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq remains calm. The security level above the former "green line" has been declared permissive. CMOC has declared Kirkuk to be permissive and Mosul to be semi-permissive during daylight hours. Confusion as to which political body [...] |
2003-05-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1932 |
TFIZ01: FOOD SUPPLIES IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] Representatives of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT), DART, WFP, and Coalition forces met on 4 May at the CMOC in Basrah to review the status of Basrah's Public Distribution System (PDS) for food rations, and to determine what immediate steps need to be taken to enable officials in Basrah Gov [...] |
2003-05-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1933 |
TFIZ01: DART UPDATE FROM MOSUL [...] The situation in northern Iraq remains calm. On 5 May, DART Team North visited Mosul for the first time. The climate in the city appears vibrant and bustling, and there is a large Coalition presence. Delegates representing a cross-section of Mosul's religious and ethnic groups elected 24 to [...] |
2003-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1945 |
TFIZ01: COALITION FORCES TO ASSIST WFP IN [...] The DART and WFP met with Coalition forces on 29 April. Coalition forces agreed to contact WFP national staff and work with them to determine the status of Ministry of Trade (MOT) buildings and records, condition of silos, mills and warehouses, water and electricity for these structures, IDP [...] |
2003-05-10 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1948 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL HILLAH [...] The DART conducted a security assessment of Al Hillah, capital of the Babil governorate, on 2 May. The town has approximately 400,000, mostly Shia, residents. Coalition forces ranked the threat assessment as "low to none," but acknowledged that there was a problem with organized crime. Ther [...] |
2003-05-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1969 |
TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF ANAH AND KHAN AL [...] DART Field Team West conducted an assessment of the village of Anah on 28 April. Although the visit was abbreviated, the DART was in town long enough to determine that electricity was functioning, water was flowing in the piped system, the PDS was in place and functioning, and the health cen [...] |
2003-05-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1973 |
RETURNING STOLEN KUWAITI PROPERTY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5 2. Summary: A member of Kuwait's ruling family met with the Ambassador on May 4 to seek his assistance in reclaiming property stolen by Iraqis during the 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait. The request highlights the need to establish a procedure for [...] |
2003-05-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT1989 |
IPR LETTER TO KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post plans to use the release of the Special 301 report to make a new push for intellectual property rights (IPR) reform in Kuwait later this month (Ref A). Per email exchanges to USTR, post requests a letter from US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to Kuwaiti [...] |
2003-05-12 07:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KU USTR |
| 03KUWAIT1995 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY [...] SUMMARY: The Editor-in-Chief of a prominent Arabic daily writes that President Bush's speech is "an indication that the US is beginning to follow a serious and balanced policy in the region." The absence of Kuwait from the examples of freedom in the region cited by President Bush provided more [...] |
2003-05-12 11:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2008 |
DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] Embassy Kuwait requests an NEA Democracy Small Grant of $25,000 to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society. ----------- THE PROBLEM ----------- 2. Women, who do not have the right to vote, have little opportunity to influence policy in Kuwait, [...] |
2003-05-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KU |
| 03KUWAIT2033 |
REPORTED LOSSES AT NORTHERN SITES: IN SEARCH OF [...] SUMMARY. U.S. forces have stopped the looting by tribal raiders at the Assyrian site at Nimrod, about 25 kilometers south of Mosul; but not before the raiders had made off with pieces of an eighth century B.C. stone relief. The Mosul museum has yet to inventory its losses, but during a 5/10 [...] |
2003-05-14 03:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL MOPS IZ |
| 03KUWAIT2062 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI [...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...] |
2003-05-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2100 |
INFANT FORMULA AND THE PDS IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE [...] UNICEF recently released a policy paper recommending that infant formula be immediately deleted from the OFF general ration. The following report summarizes information gathered by the DART from WFP local female staff, home interviews, and IDP interviews in Basrah Governorate between 4 and 1 [...] |
2003-05-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2101 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] According to MORAD, more than 1,000 families have returned to their villages in southern Arbil governorate; one week ago the number was 313. The most critical need in these villages is water. There are between 130,000 and 140,000 MT of wheat (of unknown quality) currently in MOT stores in [...] |
2003-05-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2102 |
POLICING AND SECURITY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] The primary concern for Iraqis throughout the southern region continues to be security. The security situation is improving gradually due to the efforts of Coalition forces to establish new Iraqi police forces, but much work remains. The lack of adequate resources or clear guidelines for loca [...] |
2003-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2103 |
IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ [...] An estimated 7,000 Iranian refugees live in Iraq, mostly in settlements from Al Amarah to Al Kut. Life for them has become more precarious with the defeat of the former regime. When most arrived in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war 23 years ago, the regime rewarded refugees with parcels of land. [...] |
2003-05-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2104 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF AL AMARAH [...] DART Field Team South traveled to the southeastern Iraqi Governorate of Maysan on 7 May to assess security along the main highway from Basrah to Al Amarah and within the city of Al Amarah itself. During the trip, the DART met with Coalition forces based in and around the city. End Summary. [...] |
2003-05-19 07:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2105 |
DART AL HILLAH ASSESSMENT [...] DART Field Team West arrived in Al Hillah on 11 May. On 12 May, the DART visited a maternity and children's hospital in Al Hillah, met with some local wakils, and met with representatives of Save the Children/U.S. who were returning through Al Hillah from a recent assessment of An Najaf and [...] |
2003-05-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF WFP IZ |
| 03KUWAIT2106 |
DART AR RUTBAH UPDATE [...] The DART Field Team West visited Ar Rutbah, Anbar Governorate on 10 May, meeting with cooperative agreement partner World Vision, the former hospital director, and Coalition forces. Since the DART's last visit to Ar Rutbah on 6 May, the town of 25,000 people experienced a failed distribution o [...] |
2003-05-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2107 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment on 10 May of the newly established Palestinian refugee camp in the Baladi Yat area of Baghdad. Although the camp appeared to be well managed by the Palestinian Red Crescent and is supported by the surrounding community, an inadequate water and sanitation syst [...] |
2003-05-19 07:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF KPAL IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2108 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF AL TASH REFUGEE CAMP [...] The DART conducted an assessment of the Al Tash Refugee Camp near Ar Ramadi on 9 May. Based on meetings with the camp council and movement through the camp, the DART determined there is not a critical humanitarian situation within the camp. End Summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- [...] |
2003-05-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2118 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...] |
2003-05-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2133 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF SAMAWAH [...] DART Field Team West visited Samawah, the capital of Al Muthanna governorate on 15 May. Overall, vital services in the city appear to be operating at pre-war levels. Electricity and water remain sporadic. Hospitals and public health centers are operating, schools are open, stores and market [...] |
2003-05-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2134 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF KARBALA [...] DART Field Team West traveled to Karbala to meet with local officials and gather assessment information on 15 May. The population is generally friendly and happy with the Coalition presence. There have been neither threats to Coalition forces nor targeted incidents. Sixty Iraqi police offi [...] |
2003-05-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2135 |
SUMMARY OF DART COMMODITIES PROVIDED IN RESPONSE [...] As part of its response to humanitarian needs in Iraq, the DART has provided commodities valued at approximately USD 690,000 for countrywide distribution through partner organizations. The commodities include both medical and hygiene kits; chronic medications; plastic sheeting; water contain [...] |
2003-05-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2136 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in northern Iraq remains calm. CMOC and other sources project that approximately 100,000 IDPs will start returning from major cities in Kurdish-controlled Iraq to areas recently controlled by the former regime once the harvest and school seasons are completed. End Summary. - [...] |
2003-05-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2137 |
DART FOOD UPDATE [...] Members of the DART Food Team attended the weekly food and nutrition sectoral meeting on 5 May with members of WFP, UNICEF, Save the Children, and IMC. Topics addressed during the meeting included a briefing on the progress made by WFP in re-starting the PDS, a briefing on vulnerable group f [...] |
2003-05-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2138 |
OLD CASELOAD IDPS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] DART Field Team South met on 6 May with two extended families and their neighbors in a poor section of Basrah to assess their water and food needs. Most inhabitants of the area are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), some of who have been squatting on other people's land since the Iran- Ira [...] |
2003-05-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2148 |
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR POTUS JUNE VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Embassy and GOK warmly welcomes POTUS visit to Kuwait in June and stand ready to assist. POTUS has been invited to stay as the guest of the Kuwaitis at the Bayan Palace. After points made in ref (a), Embassy offers the following information on building blocks. -- Notional schedule follo [...] |
2003-05-20 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT2163 |
KUWAIT STRONGLY PROTESTS NEW LANGUAGE ON [...] (C) MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Ambassador Abd al-Hamid al-Awadi, called the Ambassador at home late in the evening of May 20. Al-Awadi explained that he had been instructed to contact the Ambassador at this late hour by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Mini [...] |
2003-05-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU UN |
| 03KUWAIT2170 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West attended one of the largest governorate support team meetings in Al Hillah, with nearly 30 civil-military personnel, 24 local representatives, and ORHA staff participating. The DART also met with CARE Baghdad representatives to discuss potential emergency water intervent [...] |
2003-05-22 04:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT222 |
(U) ONE AMCIT KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU/NF) At approximately 9:20 a.m. local time, two U.S. citizen civilian DoD contract employees working at Camp Doha, Kuwait were shot in their vehicle, a Toyota Prado, while it sat at a traffic light at the intersection of Route 85 and Route 7, heading from Camp Doha. They were wearing civil [...] |
2003-01-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PREL OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT2235 |
MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-26 14:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV KU |
| 03KUWAIT224 |
NEW CUSTOMS CARGO MANIFEST RULES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT2266 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 19-27: TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: In contrast to the strongly pro-American tone of commentary during Operation Iraqi Freedom, free style US bashing has returned to some corners of Kuwait's Arabic press. Dr. Sadeq al Bassam writes in liberal Al-Qabas that the US "bears responsibility" for the massacres Saddam commit [...] |
2003-05-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2276 |
IRAQ'S SHIA HEARTLAND: PROMINENT SHIA SHARES [...] (S) Summary: One week after returning to Iraq, noted Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum and his party are encountering an Iraqi populace disillusioned with the lack of security and disgruntled at the fact that Ba'ath Party members still hold positions of power, according to Kuwaiti Shia busine [...] |
2003-05-28 06:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU IR |
| 03KUWAIT2291 |
WORKING TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMIES OF IRAQ AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL IZ KU ZP |
| 03KUWAIT2293 |
(C) GOK PUSH TO AMEND PRESS LAW: CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is making a strong push to gain passage of a new press law before the National Assembly session ends June 10. The bill contains a number of provisions that would restrict current press freedoms. Ruling-family politics appear to be a factor in this latest push to amend [...] |
2003-05-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT2295 |
DART VISIT TO AD DIWANIYAH [...] Four members of DART Field Team West traveled to Ad Diwaniyah, Qadisiyah governorate between 21 and 22 May. The DART met with the local Governorate Support Team, various CMOC members, the Director General of the MOH, a team of doctors from the local maternal/pediatric hospital, WFP, Iraqi Re [...] |
2003-05-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2296 |
DART VISIT TO AN NAJAF [...] DART Field Team West traveled to An Najaf on 24 May to participate in special Marine and Army civil affairs briefings for ORHA in which a 5 June mayoral election was announced, possibly the first mayoral election in the country. WFP and MOT told the DART that they were ready to begin governo [...] |
2003-05-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2298 |
DART REPORT ON MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Muslim fundamentalists are among the groups maneuvering for power in southern Iraq, traditionally the most conservative region of the country. Some conservative Muslims are threatening and harassing the country's Christian minority and instigating reprisals against for [...] |
2003-05-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2299 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team North reports that there have been several violent incidents in Kirkuk with reports of several deaths. More Kurds are returning to villages in the Makhmur region, and there is little public infrastructure to support major influxes of returnees. WFP will begin receiving 136,00 [...] |
2003-05-28 16:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT23 |
(U) DEPUTY SPEAKER ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 meeting Deputy Speaker Meshari al-Anjari gave his readout on recent developments in Kuwait,s National Assembly, the status of a possible "grilling" of a Minister charged with corruption, and his version of a military timeline for Iraq. End Summary. 2. (C) Pol [...] |
2003-01-07 06:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT2300 |
DART REPORT: IRANIAN REFUGEES IN IRAQ [...] This is a DART report. Several thousand Iranian refugees are being pressured to leave their homes in Iraq and return to Iran, where some fear they will be killed, jailed, or face other repressive measures by the Government of Iran. Since the Coalition defeated the former Government of Iraq, [...] |
2003-05-29 05:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2335 |
KUWAITI AIRWAYS SEEKS ACCESS TO SEARCH FOR [...] MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah called the Ambassador the afternoon of May 26. Al-Jarallah explained that he had recently received a request from Kuwait Airways. According to al-Jarallah, Kuwait Airways believed that spare parts stolen from its warehouses after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait had bee [...] |
2003-05-31 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR KCRM US IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT234 |
KUWAIT'S PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CONFORMITY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-21 16:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KU USTR GCC |
| 03KUWAIT2352 |
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION VIRTUAL CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT2377 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] In Kirkuk, the 30-member city council was chosen by Coalition authorities on 24 May. Each of the main ethnic groups (Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians, and Arabs) is represented on the council, which has also elected three assistant mayors: an ethnic Turk, an Assyrian, and a Kurd. A mayor and deputy [...] |
2003-06-01 18:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2378 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team West participated in the daily Governorate Support Team meeting in Al Hillah on 25 May and offered updates of its governorate-level engagements, including support to rehabilitate a human-rights organization's new offices, the facilitation of Babil food distribution, coordinati [...] |
2003-06-01 18:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT239 |
KUWAIT: FINANCE MINISTER SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (U) Dr. Yousef Hamad Al-Ibrahim has submitted his resignation from his current posts as Minister of Finance, Minister of Planning, and Minister of State for Administrative Development. While some papers claim that the resignation has been accepted, Minister of Information Shaykh Ahmed Fahed A [...] |
2003-01-22 08:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON KU |
| 03KUWAIT2402 |
DART ASSESSMENT OF AL KUT [...] DART Field Team South visited Al Kut from 20 to 22 May and participated in three assistance coordination meetings that regularly take place in the city. The meetings provided an overview of the issues and needs currently being addressed in Wasit Governorate by Coalition forces, local Iraqi l [...] |
2003-06-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2410 |
DART UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF IRAQ'S PUBLIC [...] The Iraqi MOT called a meeting in Baghdad on 20 May of the Governorate MOT directors to discuss preparations for the first countrywide public food distribution since the war ended, set to begin in June. Representatives from ORHA, the DART, WFP, and Iraqi MOT attended. MOT officials raised s [...] |
2003-06-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2412 |
DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] DART Field Team North visited Dahuk on 20 May and met with the regional governor. MOHAC and UNOPS are discussing IDPs and return issues, and UNOPS has been conducting a survey of IDPs in northern Iraq. The DART traveled to Zemmar in Ninawa governorate on 22 May to attend a meeting to discuss [...] |
2003-06-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2413 |
DART CORRIDOR UPDATE: MOVING WFP FOOD COMMODITIES [...] To reach the monthly tonnage of 487,000 MT of food commodities needed for the first nationwide public distribution since the war, WFP had hoped to transport 30,000 MT of food every day into Iraq. Due to a combination of factors, including insecurity on the roads, insecure and damaged warehou [...] |
2003-06-03 10:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2415 |
PURCHASING WHEAT AND BARLEY IN IRAQ [...] The Executive Director of WFP met with ORHA staff in Baghdad on 13 May. The primary discussion point was WFP's plan for purchasing the local harvest. WFP has set aside USD 42 million for the purchase of approximately 100,000 MT wheat in the north. DART held follow-up conversations with WFP [...] |
2003-06-03 11:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2416 |
PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND THE HARVEST IN [...] WFP international staff will soon establish a full-time presence in Mosul, with responsibility also for At Tamim and Salah ad Din governorates. WFP, working with the MOT, is providing food to hospitals and social institutions in Mosul. WFP/Kirkuk reports that insecurity, salaries, and the n [...] |
2003-06-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2417 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] Following multiple trouble-shooting visits with WFP and Ministry of Trade teams in the upper south region of Iraq, the DART Field Team West Food Officer believes the public distribution system is prepared to meet June distribution expectations. Upcoming visits to Al Muthanna and Wasit Govern [...] |
2003-06-03 11:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2418 |
WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] According to IRC, there is no public health emergency in either Karbala or An Najaf governorates, but local residents are suffering from chronic, preventable health problems. The DART met with a health representative from Babil to discuss ways to solve emergency health problems in Al Hillah, [...] |
2003-06-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2448 |
REVISED PROCEDURES FOR COALITION PARTNERS [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4 below. 2. DCM, CONS Chief and OMC-K JAG met June 3 with Kuwaiti Chief of Immigration COL Abdullah Yousef Al-Ruwaieh and LTCOL Adeeb Al-Sweidan to discuss procedures which will allow CPA personnel currently in Iraq in an official capacity to depar [...] |
2003-06-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL IZ JO KU |
| 03KUWAIT2449 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] News stories: On May 31, Al-Qabas reported on its front page that Kuwaiti political circles were "astonished" that Kuwait was left out of the President's regional tour. On June 1, all newspapers report Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed's announcement that President Bush has "dela [...] |
2003-06-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2450 |
KUWAIT: SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT'S HIV/AIDS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV KPAO PREL |
| 03KUWAIT2451 |
KUWAITI GOVERNOR PLEDGES IPR SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY. As part of a new push for much needed intellectual property rights (IPR) reform in Kuwait, following the release in May of the latest Special 301 review (reftels), the Ambassador met June 3 with the Governor of Hawally, where most of Kuwait's pirated goods are repeatedly produced and [...] |
2003-06-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KU USTR |
| 03KUWAIT2452 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE- [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2454 |
BORDER FREE-FOR-ALL; GOK COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) During their June 4 meeting, Kuwaiti MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah informed the Ambassador that the Kuwaiti business community is becoming increasingly frustrated that coalition forces in Iraq are not con [...] |
2003-06-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT2455 |
GOK (REALLY) READY TO SIGN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK will be ready to sign an Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. when U/S Bolton visits Kuwait this month, MinState for Foreign Affairs told the Ambassador during their June 4 meeting. End Summary. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of State Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Saba [...] |
2003-06-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT2456 |
KUWAITIS VERY DISAPPOINTED AT POTUS CANCELLATION [...] (C) During their June 4 meeting, MinState for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah shared with the Ambassador Kuwait's extreme disappointment at the cancellation of POTUS' visit to Kuwait. Dr. Mohammed led off the meeting by noting that the Kuwaiti people had looked forward to the vis [...] |
2003-06-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU OVIP |
| 03KUWAIT2457 |
FOOD AND NUTRITION SECTOR MEETING 13 MAY [...] The DART attended the weekly food and nutrition sector meeting at the WFP office in Basrah on 13 May. The Central Ministry of Trade in Baghdad, in coordination with WFP, has decided the first countrywide PDS distribution will begin in June. The MOT is holding a meeting in Baghdad on 20 May [...] |
2003-06-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2489 |
BASRAH PREPARATIONS FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE PUBLIC [...] The Central MOT in Baghdad announced the first nationwide public food distribution since the military action against the regime of Saddam Hussein, would begin in June. The commodities and size of the June ration are publicized. There is concern that the ration is missing three commodities a [...] |
2003-06-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2500 |
KUWAIT'S NEW CABINET, PENDING ELECTIONS [...] In order to run in the National Assembly elections scheduled for July 5, four members of the Cabinet have resigned, as required by the Constitution: Talal al-Ayyar (Electricity and Water, Social Affairs and Labor), Fahd Dhaisan al-Mai al-Azmi (Public Works, Housing), Ahmed Baqer (Justice, Awq [...] |
2003-06-08 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT2521 |
DART UPDATE ON BABIL [...] The start of the June 1 food distribution was delayed one day in Babil because food agents needed to replace old food-recipient lists with updated ones that included newly registered people, such as newborns and returning Babil residents. The DART participated in the daily Governorate Suppo [...] |
2003-06-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2522 |
DART UPDATE ON AL MUTHANNA [...] (U) Health, security, water, and electricity conditions have improved in Samawah, Al Muthanna Governorate since the DART's last visit on 15 May, according to the deputy governor. He said unemployment was now the largest problem. The DART also visited with WFP, ACTED, and with CMOC staff. W [...] |
2003-06-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2543 |
(C) KUWAIT SEEKS US SUPPORT AGAINST NEW PROPOSAL [...] (C) At a luncheon in honor of visiting US Ambassador to Jordan Edward Gnehm on June 7, Kuwaiti UN Permanent Representative Ambassador Mohamed Abulhassan buttonholed Ambassador Jones regarding recent developments in the UN Compensation Commission in Geneva. According to Abulhassan, the French [...] |
2003-06-10 11:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ UN |
| 03KUWAIT2545 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JUNE 10: GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: All media report that Mohammed al-Jassim, the liberal editor-in-chief of Kuwaiti Arabic daily "Al Watan," was summoned to the office of the public prosecutor and charged with "contesting the authority of the Amir," a charge that can carry a five-year prison term, before being relea [...] |
2003-06-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2565 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 8-11: NORMALIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Comments early in the week by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs that Kuwait supports normalization of relations with Israel "within the framework of a joint Arab position" unleashed a torrent of denunciations from conservative and Islamist groups. Liberal commentators see gover [...] |
2003-06-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2638 |
DART REPORT ON DOCUMENTATION LOSS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] The pervasive looting that occurred throughout Iraq in the wake of the conflict created several challenges for future humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. One of those challenges affecting many sectors was the loss of official documentation for identification and operational pu [...] |
2003-06-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2639 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 2 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West witnessed the smooth start up of the public distribution system in Al Hillah on 2 June with numerous food trucks dropping off and picking up commodities. Public response to the mistaken release of a notorious killer, linked to thousands of victims in the mass graves of B [...] |
2003-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT264 |
GOK TO POSTPONE ICCP IMPLEMENTATION TWO WEEKS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KU USTR GCC |
| 03KUWAIT2640 |
THE PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BEGINS IN THE [...] June distributions begin in the three northern governorates of Dahuk, Arbil, and As Sulaymaniyah, while at the same time, WFP continues to provide catch-up rations of wheat flour. Differences that exist between the distributions in the three northern governorates and the central/south are be [...] |
2003-06-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2641 |
PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PREPARATIONS IN [...] Coalition forces vacated the silo in Karbala and the warehouse in Al Hillah to make way for food arrivals, but continue to provide security to both structures. UXO has been discovered in the Karbala MOT warehouse. Large quantities of food have begun to arrive in Al Hillah for the Babil Gove [...] |
2003-06-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2657 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 14-16: ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's State Minister for Foreign Affairs condemned the June 10 attack by Israeli helicopters that injured senior Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Al-Rantissi as "terrorism." One conservative writer calls for Jihad as the only option for Palestinians in an editorial titled, "No Peace With [...] |
2003-06-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2668 |
HALTING ASSISTANCE TO HAMAS [...] (C) Ambassador called on Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah al-Ahmed June 17 to register U.S. views on the need to shut down all types of support for Hamas. Drawing on points in ref (a) and non-paper in ref (b), Ambassador emphasized that the U.S. wanted to work w [...] |
2003-06-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PTER KU |
| 03KUWAIT2704 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND [...] SUMMARY: Op/ed by Ambassador Jones on the Middle East Roadmap receives fulsome coverage in today's print media, including four Arabic and two English newspapers. Charges of corruption and governmental malfeasance dominate all Arabic dailies over the past week as the country prepares for Jul [...] |
2003-06-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2705 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 10 JUNE [...] Interventions by the DART have paid dividends this week with increased security at food distribution points and improvements in supply procurement. Also this week, CARE began work on rehabilitating the frail water-treatment system of Al Hillah that serves 750,000 people. The project, funded [...] |
2003-06-18 16:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2707 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 8 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West visited a rural health center and two village water supply units on 8 June in An Najaf with DART-partner International Rescue Committee, which has already begun DART-funded work in rural water and health in An Najaf and Karbala. The DART also met with WFP staff, who said [...] |
2003-06-18 16:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2783 |
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS OF IRAQI VISA PROCESSING IN [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 10. 2. Embassy has reviewed the draft memo on the proposed inclusion of Iraq in Kuwait's consular district for visa processing on a temporary basis (Ref A). Embassy has also reviewed the initial assessment from the Consular officer i [...] |
2003-06-23 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS AMGT CASC KU |
| 03KUWAIT2788 |
DART TEAM WEST WAVE I FINAL REPORT: 14 JUNE [...] From 26 April to 13 June, DART Team West traveled thousands of miles in Iraq, conducting assessments, liaising with local Coalition forces and Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) personnel, identifying and funding emergency and community activities, facilitating humanitarian assistance, an [...] |
2003-06-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2789 |
DART FOOD UPDATE IN THE NORTH [...] Nearly 400 WFP-contracted trucks from Syria with approximately 16,000 metric tons (MT) of bulk wheat grain have arrived at the Kirkuk silo complex since 12 June. WFP expects to be able soon to offload 6,000 MT per day at the Kirkuk silo. Food distributions are proceeding apace in Kirkuk an [...] |
2003-06-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2790 |
DART UPDATE ON MARSH ARAB SETTLEMENTS [...] DART members from Kuwait City made several visits to Marsh Arab settlements in Maysan governorate between 4 and 9 June, including Al Amarah, the governorate's capital, and Al Khaila, a non-Marsh Arab community east of the Maimona "River of Honor". DART members were sometimes accompanied by [...] |
2003-06-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2823 |
DART: UPDATE OF WORK AT THE PORT OF UMM QASR [...] The Iraqi Director of Ports is very concerned about security in the port and is frustrated by his lack of knowledge about what is occurring at the port. Bechtel's large dredger, the Carolina, is to finish dredging berth 10 (bulk grain facility) on 18 June. It will then turn its dredging eff [...] |
2003-06-25 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT284 |
KUWAIT'S HOLD ON LDI NOT SANCTIONED BY MFA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised Kuwait's request (refs A and B) for a hold on the French proposal to include the Kuwaiti-based organization Lajnat ad-Da'wa al-Islamiya (LDI) on UN freeze orders with Kuwaiti Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah in a one-on-one meeting o [...] |
2003-01-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC FR KU UN |
| 03KUWAIT2847 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 21-25: US-KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: In widely reported remarks, an Islamist MP lashes out at former Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Saud Al- Sabah for the latter's establishment of a committee to collect donations for the families of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq. MP Busairi goes on to denounce normalization of relations [...] |
2003-06-26 19:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2908 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR [...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...] |
2003-06-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2949 |
(U) MEPI 03-04: COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the opportunity to present this MEPI country strategy for Kuwait. As we consider how best to engage on these issues, particularly on sensitive issues such as political reform and education (where the U.S. has already been unjustly accused of inappropriate interference), [...] |
2003-07-03 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD KPAO KU PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI |
| 03KUWAIT2954 |
MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] After a brief trip into Iraq in June, the GOK believes it has located spare parts belonging to Kuwait Airways which were looted by the former Regime in Baghdad during the occupation of Kuwait. GOK wants to recoup these parts. We received the following Diplomatic note (in Arabic) containing [...] |
2003-07-03 06:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT2957 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 1-2: PARLIAMENTARY [...] SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections to be held on July 5 dominate the news pages. One candidate believes that "embassies buy individuals and have pushed them to run in the election to serve their interests," while an Islamist candidate rails against "secularists trying to tamper with our ed [...] |
2003-07-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT296 |
(U) MTCR PLENARY RESULTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PL KU MTCRE |
| 03KUWAIT2989 |
DELIVERY OF BAGHDAD COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE NOTICE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT2993 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...] |
2003-07-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT2994 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...] |
2003-07-07 16:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KDMR KU |
| 03KUWAIT3039 |
GOK REQUESTS INCREASED SECURITY FOR FUEL SHIPMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah contacted the Ambassador on the afternoon of July 9 at the request of Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Sabah al-Sabah. According to al-Jarallah there is a continuing need for security for trucks carr [...] |
2003-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EPET IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT3043 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 8-9: NATIONAL [...] News Stories: All newspapers continue to analyze and interpret the election results. Defeated incumbent and liberal Ahmed Al-Rubie refutes claims that the new assembly is an "Islamic parliament," while defeated incumbent and Islamist, Mubarak Al-Duwaila, denies that the new assembly is pro- [...] |
2003-07-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3044 |
TERRORIST FINANCING: POST IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary: Post-election Kuwait's somewhat defused political environment offers greater latitude than before for USG action. Post confirms Ref C recommendation that absent substantive evidence linking certain Islamic charities to terrorist activity, USG interests might best be served via co [...] |
2003-07-03 01:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT3101 |
AMIR APPOINTS SHEIKH SABAH AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Amir issued a decree formally naming Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait. This ended a behind-the-scenes row between the two leading branches of the Kuwaiti ruling al-Sabah family over the job, a position traditionally reserved for the Crown P [...] |
2003-07-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3138 |
NORTH KOREA TO OPEN EMBASSY IN KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU KN KS |
| 03KUWAIT3139 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JULY 14: APPOINTMENT OF [...] News Stories: All newspapers lead with news of the appointment of former Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad as the new Prime Minister of Kuwait. All newspapers report that Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad sent a letter to the Crown Prince and former Prime Minister, Sheikh Saad, "commending hi [...] |
2003-07-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3140 |
IRAQ ASSETS FREEZE/GOK REVIEW OF TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (U) In initial courtesy calls, in-coming Econ Chief met on 28 June with Ministry of Finance U/S Abdul Mohsen Al-Hunaif and Dep U/S Mustafa Shamali; on 30 June with Kuwait Stock Exchange Technical Chief Wafa Al-Rashid; and on 1 July with Banking supervisors Abdul-Aziz Al-Bader and Abdullah Al-Sa [...] |
2003-07-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT3141 |
FIRST REACTION: SHAYKH SABAH APPOINTS NEW CABINET [...] (C) MFA U/S Ahmed Al-Jarallah shared the names of newly appointed Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah's cabinet with the Ambassador on July 14. U/S Jarallah said the names would be formally announced later the same day. Following is a list of the new cabinet and initial reactions, i [...] |
2003-07-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT315 |
UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-28 06:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KU WTO |
| 03KUWAIT3186 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...] |
2003-07-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3213 |
SHAYKH SABAH OPENS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; GOK FOCUSED [...] (U) In a brief July 19 speech on behalf of the Amir opening the inaugural session of the tenth National Assembly, newly appointed Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah offered an olive branch to the new parliament and laid out his government's priorities. He began by stressing [...] |
2003-07-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KU |
| 03KUWAIT3217 |
(C) DEFEATED ISLAMIST OFFERS VIEWS ON KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Poloff visited ex-MP and unabashed Islamist Mubarak Al-Dowailah on July 16. During an unusually candid conversation, Dowailah offered his views on his defeat, the new government, the future of Islamism in the upcoming National Assembly, and the prospect of estab [...] |
2003-07-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3235 |
DART: SALE OF DONATED HUMANITARIAN FOOD AID IN [...] Stemming from reports of the widespread sale of humanitarian food aid in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad markets, members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted a rapid survey at food markets in Baghdad, Al Hillah, As Sulaymaniyah, and Arbil in an effort to determine the [...] |
2003-07-20 04:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT3266 |
KUWAIT INVITED TO DESIGNATE CIC REPRESENTATIVE [...] Post conveyed Reftel note verbale to Kuwait MFA on 19 July inviting the GOK to designate a representative for appointment to the Council for International Cooperation (CIC) in Iraq. MFA confirmed 21 July that U/S Amb Khaled Al-Jarallah has the request under consideration. We anticipate a re [...] |
2003-07-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3267 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 14-21: WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, Kuwaiti Islamist commentator (and regular al-Jazeera talking head) Mohammed al-Awadi wrote an editorial directed at US Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H. Jones, urging the Ambassador to stop "interfering" in Kuwait's internal affairs, warning that "someone might lose contro [...] |
2003-07-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3288 |
RESCHEDULING FOR MEPI TRADE ASSISTANCE CONTRACTORS [...] Kuwait notes Ref C request that due to staff limitations, Abu Dhabi asks MEPI-funded contractors Emad Tinawi and Lori Brock to delay their proposed visit to the UAE until 9-12 August. That rescheduling would leave a 3-5 August hole in the MEPI team's travel plans. 2. Similarly, Kuwait has [...] |
2003-07-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT3311 |
TRIALS POSTPONED; FAILAKA SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] On July 19, Kuwait's Criminal Court announced the postponement to September 6 of the trial of twelve Kuwaiti students charged with involvement in the October, 2002 shooting incident which led to the death of U.S. Marine LCPL Antonio Sledd, on Failaka Island. The Court released two of the susp [...] |
2003-07-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3312 |
MISSING KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION SPARE PARTS [...] Action request at para 3. 2. Reftel describes GOK and Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) efforts to recover KAC spare parts reported looted by the former regime in Baghdad during its occupation of Kuwait. In para 4 below we provide the text of a letter from KAC dated 30 June sent to the Am [...] |
2003-07-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ETRD IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT3316 |
KUWAIT FORMS HIGH-LEVEL IAWG TO EXPLOIT GOVERNMENT [...] Summary. Kuwait has inaugurated a high-level interagency working group to coordinate government and private sector programs for participation in the reconstruction of Iraq. Embassy and GOK interlocutors see this development as an excellent opportunity to promote the economic and regulatory r [...] |
2003-07-26 06:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT3358 |
KUWAIT AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE [...] (C) Kuwait and the United States have been full partners in the defense of Kuwait since the 1990-91 Gulf War. Beginning with the liberation of Kuwait, the fruits of this partnership have included the decade long successful containment of Saddam Hussein's quest for weapons of mass destruction [...] |
2003-07-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IZ IR KU |
| 03KUWAIT3360 |
NO BELARUS VISIT FOR KUWAITI SPORTS MINISTER [...] (C) Per Ref. A, the Ambassador briefed FonMin U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the background of Belarusian Sports Minister Yuri Sivakov during their July 27 meeting (other topics septel). 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said he could not confirm that Sivakov had extended any invitation to Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber [...] |
2003-07-27 15:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KU BO |
| 03KUWAIT3402 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 26-28: ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report government initiatives to oversee Islamic charitable donations, including formation of a joint committee to "inspect" charitable organizations and a proposed ministerial department to monitor Shiia charitable funds, leading to denunciations by Shiia MPs. One li [...] |
2003-07-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3409 |
KUWAIT ON SUPPORT FOR POLISH STABILIZATION FORCES [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their July 28 meeting (other topics septel). The FM said Kuwait had already agreed in principle to supporting Polish forces, as long as the burden was also shared by other nations. He added that Pri [...] |
2003-07-29 06:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL KU QA BA SA MU TC |
| 03KUWAIT3410 |
DEMARCHE ON BORDER CONTROL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-29 06:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL KU SA JO |
| 03KUWAIT3423 |
GOK SAYS P.A. SUPPORT A BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with the Ambassador on July 27 and 28, respectively, MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti financial support for the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Both made it clear that Kuwait intends to treat fina [...] |
2003-07-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KU XF |
| 03KUWAIT3441 |
KUWAIT RESPONSE TO IAEA REPORT REQUEST [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of IAEA Director Dr. ElBaradei's upcoming report on Iran's nuclear program (reftel) with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah during their July 27 meeting. 2. (C) Jarallah was supportive of the USG position, and said he welcomed the reaction [...] |
2003-07-30 06:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IR |
| 03KUWAIT3496 |
DART: IRAQ'S PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM--COMPLETION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT3534 |
(C) MINISTER SHARAR URGES ACTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and National Assembly Affairs Sharar told the Ambassador August 2 that Kuwaitis look to the US to ensure due process for Guantanamo detainees (which include 12 Kuwaitis). They discussed the GOK's prospects for cooperation with the newly-ele [...] |
2003-08-04 08:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT3536 |
(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...] |
2003-08-04 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT3555 |
NEW CABINET MANTRA: PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ADD JOBS [...] (C) Summary: With Kuwait's population expanding at a rapid pace, the new GOK says it will finally turn to the private sector in an effort to bolster its economy. During courtesy calls last week with many of the new Ministers, the Ambassador was on more than one occasion treated to the GOK's l [...] |
2003-08-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV ELAB ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT3556 |
GOK CLAIMS INTENT TO EXPAND SUFFRAGE, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the Ambassador met with the new government's Minister of Justice, Ahmed Baquer Al-Abdullah, who gave him a readout on some of the governments upcoming plans. Among the specific items discussed were the GOK's commitment to womens suffrage, the possible lowering of the [...] |
2003-08-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | |