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| 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 |
| 03ABUDHABI1384 | (S) JORDANIAN OIL NEEDS: UAE READY TO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (S) IN THE COURSE OF A MEETING ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/23, MFA MINSTATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN CALLED BY JORDANIAN FM MUASHER THE PREVIOUS EVENING, WHO HAD TOLD HIM THAT IRAQ HAD CUT ITS OIL P [...] |
2003-03-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO SA KU TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1876 | DEMARCHING THE ARAB MULTILATERAL AID [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) ECONCHIEF RAISED REF A DEMARCHE APRIL 19 WITH FINANCE MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY KHALID AL- BUSTANI. AL-BUSTANI SAID THAT THE UAE WOULD BE FAVORABLY DISPOSED TOWARDS CONSIDERATION OF WAYS IN WHICH THE ARAB FUND FOR ECO [...] |
2003-04-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV IZ KU TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2641 | UAE TO SUPPORT JORDAN OIL NEEDS FOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid contacted the Ambassador on June 2 to convey information about the UAEG's ongoing assistance to Jordan and Morocco. With regard to Jordan, Hamdan reported that the UAE has agreed t [...] |
2003-06-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EAID PGOV JO MO SA KU TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3680 | AFGHANISTAN -- TRAVEL OF PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, is currently vacationing at his villa in France near Geneva. We expect him to continue his vacation in Morocco. Our MFA Protocol contacts were not able to pinpoint his date of return to Abu Dhabi. Because of Sh. Zayed's adva [...] |
2003-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA KU QA TC AF |
| 03ABUDHABI495 | (S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Following up on a question posed by UAE MFA Minstate Hamdan to NEA A/S Burns during a 1/22 meeting in Abu Dhabi (reftel), UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told visiting Deputy C [...] |
2003-01-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI734 | UAE PREPARES ROBUST FORCE DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b,d). 2. (C) The UAEG is prepared to begin deploying a brigade-plus military force to Kuwait by as early as February 16, but is waiting for clearance from the GOK with regard to acceptance of forces and basing/logistical arrang [...] |
2003-02-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS GCC KU TC |
| 03AMMAN1426 | KUWAITI FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN [...] (c) Further to phone and email conversations between Ambassadors Jones and Gnehm, a March 10 meeting between the Ambassador and Prime Minister shed some light on the apparent misunderstanding between the Kuwaitis and Jordanians over the $100 million Kuwait had offered to deposit in the Jordan [...] |
2003-03-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU JO |
| 03AMMAN3512 | JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS CONTINUATION OF [...] (sbu) Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed Batayneh confirmed on June 12 press reports that the GOJ had reached agreement with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE on a 3-month extension to the deal reached prior to the war to supply Jordan with concessional oil. Batayneh said the [...] |
2003-06-15 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD PREL KU SA JO TC |
| 03AMMAN7115 | MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...] |
2003-10-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY SA KU JO IQ |
| 03AMMAN861 | SAUDIS TELL KING ABDULLAH THEY WILL JOIN OIL DEAL; [...] (S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador and PolCouns February 5 that Saudi CP Abdullah confirmed to him during his February 4 visit to Saudi Arabia that the Saudis are prepared to provide Jordan with oil in the event of a cutoff in supplies from Iraq. The King said the oil would come through [...] |
2003-02-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EPET MARR IZ EAID SA KU JO UA |
| 03ANKARA6779 | SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING: PART OF A PROCESS [...] (C) MFA MidEast DDG Safak Gokturk told polmilcouns October 30 that the meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbors plus Egypt in Damascus this weekend will be the fourth of its kind since January when the GOT convoked ministers in Istanbul, which they dubbed the "Regional Initiative." [...] |
2003-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03ANKARA6923 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT OF DAMASCUS MEETING: SAUDIS, [...] (C) POLMILCOUNS called on MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Safak Gokturk Nov. 5 for a readout of the Nov. 1-2 Damascus meeting on Iraq. Gokturk, who had been at the Damascus meeting, said Turkey worked hard to make the original Syrian draft communique moderate and balanced, and found the meeting [...] |
2003-11-05 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 03KUWAIT264 | GOK TO POSTPONE ICCP IMPLEMENTATION TWO WEEKS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KU USTR GCC |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR PHUM KU |
| 03KUWAIT3563 | (C) ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel oral message to Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister's Office Director, August 4. Shaykh Ahmed replied that Kuwait and all other GCC states endorse the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and sup [...] |
2003-08-05 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ AL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3567 | U/S JARALLAH ON CIC REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of Kuwait's designation of a Council for International Coordination (CIC) representative with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah during their July 27 meeting. Jarallah said that Kuwaiti participation would b [...] |
2003-08-05 07:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT3589 | (C) GOK CLAIMS TURKS BUYING IRAQI OIL, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) During their July 27 meeting, MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that Turkish tanker trucks carrying mogas into Iraq for the CPA under a Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) contract were returning to Turkey laden with Iraqi oi [...] |
2003-08-06 03:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD KU IZ TU |
| 03KUWAIT3603 | EMBASSY ADDRESSES CONCERNS ON STUDENT VISAS, NSEERS [...] SUMMARY: Security concerns in Kuwait this year disrupted traditional preparations to study in the United States. As a counterbalance, PAS and the Consular Section have collaborated on several public affairs initiatives designed to facilitate study in the U.S. Our Consul has a [...] |
2003-08-06 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS SCUL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3604 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 2-4: ANNIVERSARY OF [...] SUMMARY: Some commentators see the August 2 anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as a reminder of Iraqi reparations still due to Kuwait and the POWs still unaccounted for, while others evince a desire to move forward with reforms and national development now that this external threat [...] |
2003-08-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3605 | ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
| 03KUWAIT3619 | (U) KUWAITI SHI'IS DESCRIBE TRIP TO NAJAF AND [...] (C) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti Shia businessmen recently briefed the Ambassador on their visit to the Shia spiritual centers of Najaf and Karbala. The group met with Shia leaders who shared their concerns that the security situation in the holy cities had still not been properly a [...] |
2003-08-06 17:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT3623 | (C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...] |
2003-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP SABAH AL AHMED JABER |
| 03KUWAIT3631 | U.S.-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM SEPTEMBER 28-30 DETROIT, [...] Post's primary point of contact for U.S.-Arab Economic Forum (USAEF) coorespondence is: Mr. Philip Ouzts Senior Commerical Officer Philip.Ouzts@mail.doc.gov 965-539-5307, extension 2354 Alternate point of contact: Mr. Stephen Carrig Economic Sect [...] |
2003-08-09 07:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | XF EAID BEXP KU |
| 03KUWAIT3684 | (C) SHAYKH SABAH ACCEPTS POTUS' INVITATION [...] (C) Post has received a dipnote dated August 11 accepting President Bush's invitation to meet in the Oval Office at 11:25 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, followed by a media event then lunch in the Old Family Dining Room. The GOK is also accepting the US offer to arrange a schedule of meetin [...] |
2003-08-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3702 | (C) GOK REQUESTS BLAIR HOUSE [...] (C) Further to reftel, MFA Protocol has clarified that the GOK accepts the offer to request the hospitality of Blair House for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who is due to meet with the President on Wednesday, September 10. We are pressing the GOK to clarify how it wishes to handle announcemen [...] |
2003-08-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3703 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...] |
2003-08-12 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU JO IS KPAL KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3731 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 11-13: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: In an article entitled "Why the Distortion?" one commentator takes issue with President Bush's evaluation of the situation in Iraq one hundred days after the end of major military operations. Despite Prime Minister Abbas' reported statement of condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of [...] |
2003-08-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3750 | GOK SUPPORTS CONTESTED UNCC CLAIM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA IO Division Acting Director Ambassador Aqeel Behbehani contacted PolChief on August 16 to express the GOK's official support for a United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) claim by prominent Kuwaiti businessman Jawad Bu Kham [...] |
2003-08-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNC PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3762 | TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG, [...] (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold, confidential basis, the names of the individual and the SIPDIS entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) Econ Chief con [...] |
2003-08-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU YE |
| 03KUWAIT3774 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 14-17: KUWAITI FORCES [...] SUMMARY: One newspaper reports official denials that Kuwait will send peacekeeping forces to Iraq, contradicting a local press report of August 16 that Kuwait, Qatar and UAE would contribute forces to the coalition effort. One commentator believes that Arab unity is dead as a result of the w [...] |
2003-08-19 03:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3775 | SHEPHERDING HUMANITARIAN FUEL FOR BASRA [...] Summary. Apparently frustrated that the Coalition was not heeding Kuwait's requests to tighten controls on the Iraq-Kuwait border to limit smuggling, the GOK slammed shut to civilian traffic its northern border with Iraq on 12 August. Convoys of vehicles supplying the contracted-out logisti [...] |
2003-08-19 03:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID ENRG EPET MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT3826 | (C) KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, [...] (C) Kuwait Prime Ministerial Counselor Shaykh Fawaz Saud Nasser Al-Sabah told Charge August 20 that the GoK has just now begun to nail down details on the visit of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Washington. Delegation will likely consist of the following: Prime Mi [...] |
2003-08-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT3830 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...] |
2003-08-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3831 | FINAL CABINET LISTING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT3833 | ATA-4710: KUWAIT ACCEPTANCE OF DS/ATA NEEDS [...] The Government of Kuwait officially accepts the Airport Security Training Needs Assessment provided by the Antiterrorism Assistance Program and scheduled from October 11-15th 2003. The RSO Office looks forward to working with DS/ATA and will provide all requested support. 2. POC is A/RSO [...] |
2003-08-21 05:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KU PTER |
| 03KUWAIT3857 | (U) KUWAIT'S NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, BADER [...] (C) Contrary to reftel, Kuwait's new Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Mr. Bader Nasser Al-Hamaidi, is not/not the long-time director of the Kuwait Fund for Arab and Economic Development (KFAED), who shares a similar name (Bader al-Humaidhi), but rather an ex- [...] |
2003-08-24 13:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3946 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN [...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...] |
2003-08-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT3950 | (U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...] |
2003-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT3967 | GOK OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST [...] There follows the GOK's official delegation list, received (in Arabic only) August 27 from the Prime Minister's Diwan (Office): BEGIN TEXT: The official delegation accompanying His Highness Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, Prime Minister, visiting the United States of America dur [...] |
2003-08-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3969 | KUWAIT NO LONGER WILL PERMIT ENTRY OF IRAQIS [...] On August 26, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Charge that Kuwait would no longer permit the entry of Iraqis who do not have valid travel documents. Kuwaiti law requires that all aliens entering the country have valid passports. In recent weeks, several [...] |
2003-08-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CVIS KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT3970 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 25-27: ISRAELI- [...] SUMMARY: Conservative commentators accuse the US of "unification with the Zionists" for a "lack of condemnation" of Israeli attacks on Hamas members and the freeze of Hamas assets earlier in the week. One commentator defends the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard H. Jones, from allegations [...] |
2003-08-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4053 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1: [...] SUMMARY: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior denies media reports of the arrest of two Kuwaitis in Iraq in connection with the August 29 bombing in Najaf that killed Shiaa cleric Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim. While Al-Hakim's death is viewed as a great loss, one Shiaa writer feels Al-Hakim's "martyrdo [...] |
2003-09-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4071 | LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy that the absence of increased security for Shi,a religious leaders based in the city of Najaf is threatening coalition efforts in Iraq and turning the country' [...] |
2003-09-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT4078 | (U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...] |
2003-09-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA |
| 03KUWAIT408 | POW FAMILIES APPEAL TO POTUS [...] The Ambassador met January 28 with a group of family-members of Kuwaiti POWs/missing persons, who handed him a letter in Arabic addressed to POTUS appealing that consideration be given to protecting Kuwaiti detainees in Iraq during a confrontation The Ambassador assured the group that the U. [...] |
2003-02-02 04:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PHUM PREL MARR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4130 | REQUIREMENT TO ENTER KUWAIT WITH PASSPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-07 08:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CVIS KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT4141 | BIO DATA ON DR. ADNAN SHIHAB-ELDIN, OPEC [...] (U) Bio Data on Dr. Adnan Shihab-ElDin in reference to Kuwait 04078 para. 4. 2. (U) Name: Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin Director, Research Division, OPEC Secretariat, Vienna, Austria Present Position: 8/2001 - present Date of Birth: 1 November 1943 Citizenship: Kuwaiti Marital Status [...] |
2003-09-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET IR IZ KU PREL IAEA KNPT |
| 03KUWAIT4195 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-10 05:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EAIR PTER ASEC KU |
| 03KUWAIT422 | KUWAIT TO FURTHER POSTPONE ICCP IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) During a February 1, 2003, meeting with Salah Abdul Redha A. Khourshid, Kuwait's Minister for Commerce and Industry (MOCI), the Ambassador requested that the GOK further delay implementation of its proposed International Conformity Certification Program (ICCP) to allow WTO members addition [...] |
2003-02-03 05:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR KU USTR GCC |
| 03KUWAIT423 | FOLLOW UP ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-03 05:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KU WTO |
| 03KUWAIT4279 | INVITATION TO ARAB FINANCE MINISTERS [...] Minister of Finance, HE Mahmoud Al-Nouri, accepts reftel invitation to Secretary Snow's breakfast scheduled for September 22nd in Dubai. 2. Minister Al-Nouri's contact information at the IMF/World Bank: Kuwait Delegation Office 7th Floor - Office Tower Dubai International Convention Ce [...] |
2003-09-16 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KEMPI EFIN EINV KU |
| 03KUWAIT4391 | (C) KUWAITIS STILL UNEASY OVER AL-ONAYZEH ARREST [...] (C) Kuwaiti contacts continue to be concerned about repercussions stemming from the arrest of Iraqi tribal sheikh Mtaib bin Mahrouth bin Hadhal al-Onayzeh. Prominent businessman Fuad al-Ghanim told Charge from London September 21, 2003, that he believed the arrest and detention of al-Onayze [...] |
2003-09-23 04:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT4412 | RSVP:EXTRANCHECK:POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] PER THE REQUEST OF BIS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2003, COMMERCIAL OFFICER PHILIP OUZTS AND FSN KAMAL ZAHER CONDUCTED A POST SHIPMENT VERIFICAION VISIT TO M. AL-MASHAN GROUP. MESSRS. OUZTS AND ZAHER MET WITH THE DIRECTOR, MOHAMMAD AL-MASHAN. [...] |
2003-09-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC KU |
| 03KUWAIT4433 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4451 | (U) COMPENSATION REMARKS PROVOKE FIRESTORM, [...] (U) NIACT Immediate due to need for earliest possible Washington action. See para 7 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP's have over-reacted predictably to Ambassador Bremer's September 26 remarks suggesting Kuwait and Saudi Arabia give up compensation claims against Iraq. This i [...] |
2003-09-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT4456 | (U) POLICY CHANGE NEEDED FOR MEDEVAC OF NON-US [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Soldiers from Coalition countries medevaced from Iraq through Kuwait are typically stranded in Kuwait days longer than Americans in similar condition, before being flown onward for better/longer-term care. The same [...] |
2003-09-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU UN |
| 03KUWAIT4459 | (C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...] |
2003-09-29 08:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT4467 | KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29: [...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...] |
2003-09-29 16:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4486 | (C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES AID TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraphs 8, 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Iraq -- and, briefly, Afghanistan -- with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah September 30 (other topics septels). The Minister was keenly interested in how the Madrid donors conference will be st [...] |
2003-10-01 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON ETRD OPDC IZ AF KU |
| 03KUWAIT4503 | (U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...] (C) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop music concert held in Kuwait as "unIslamic." The protest highlights a major division in Kuwaiti society, and could backfire given the popularity of such entertainm [...] |
2003-10-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4532 | (C) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AWQAF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullah al-Maatouq, September 30. The Minister praised the US liberation of Iraq, jumped at the offer to work with PAO to re-organize a visit of Ministry staff to the US, which he h [...] |
2003-10-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4534 | (C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES IRAN/IAEA [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah told the Ambassador September 30 that Kuwait has told Iran it must sign the NPT Additional Protocol (AP), and he expects the GCC states to press this point at the OIC Summit in Kuala Lumpur. He also expects Iran to make a big push for support at [...] |
2003-10-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IR KU IAEA |
| 03KUWAIT454 | NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT459 | SUPPORTING THE SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 5 SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU UN |
| 03KUWAIT4613 | (C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...] |
2003-10-08 05:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4629 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 4-7: WMD IN IRAQ; [...] News Stories: Al-Rai Al-Aam reports on (10/7) that Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed, reassured the families of the Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees that he spoke to USG officials about this issue and that they were "understanding." All newspapers reported (10/7) that Kuwait urged the UN [...] |
2003-10-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4661 | (C) AMBASSADOR TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador used his October 8 introductory call on the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to make him aware of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR) and Trafficking In Persons Report (TIPR). Minister Feisal al-Hajji personally arranged for a poc in his Ministry for us to f [...] |
2003-10-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ETTC ELAB PHUM PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4680 | (C) GOK SEES STRONG SAUDI COMMITMENT AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK assesses that key Saudi leaders Prince Sultan and Prince Nayif have become strongly committed against terrorism since the May 12 Riyadh attacks. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid al-Hamad al-Sabah, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bur [...] |
2003-10-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA KU |
| 03KUWAIT4681 | (C) SYRIA: GOK TO HOST BASHAR AFTER RAMADHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is concerned that Bashar al-Asad lacks the power to remove his late father's old guard and adapt to the new regional reality. It expects him to visit after Ramadhan, and would be happy to pass on any messages. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sab [...] |
2003-10-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IS TU KU |
| 03KUWAIT4682 | (C) IRAQ: GOK SAYS SAUDIS RELUCTANT TO COMMIT [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOK insider confides that Saudi Arabia is reluctant to commit specific funding for Iraq at the Madrid conference. Kuwaiti PM and FM intend to revisit the issue with Saudi counterparts on the margins of the OIC Summit. GOK urges USG to push the Saudis hard in the next few days, preferab [...] |
2003-10-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL EAID IZ SA KU |
| 03KUWAIT4683 | (C) IRAN: GOK PESSIMISTIC, BUT REMAINS ENGAGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK sees no short-term hope that Iranian reformists will be able to challenge the conservative mullahs effectively, but intends to remain engaged with Tehran. It claims to have told Iran the international community is united on the need for it to comply with IAEA conditions [...] |
2003-10-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR KU IAEA |
| 03KUWAIT4708 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KOMC ETTC |
| 03KUWAIT4709 | (U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...] |
2003-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC KU |
| 03KUWAIT4710 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 8-15: ISRAELI RAID [...] SUMMARY: The somewhat delayed diatribes against Israel for its October 5 attack on Syria have a tired and formulaic quality in Kuwait's Arabic press. Two editorialists denounce Sharon's villainy but note that Syria must institute democratic reforms and stop its support for terrorist groups [...] |
2003-10-16 05:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4739 | MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH DELIVERED TO PRIME [...] Ambassador contacted His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on October 16, 2003, while he was attending the Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Per the Prime Minister's request, Ambassador faxed reference message to him at the conference. JONES [...] |
2003-10-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT4746 | (C) CLONING: KUWAIT TO SUPPORT, NOT CO-SPONSOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of International Organization Affairs Amb. Aqeel Behbehani told Pol Chief October 18 that Kuwait would vote for the Costa Rican UNGA resolution calling for a total ban on all human cloning, and would urge other Arab states to do likewise. When pressed, he said Kuwait [...] |
2003-10-18 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TBIO KU KSCI UNGA |
| 03KUWAIT4785 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF DAWOOD IBRAHIM - [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KU |
| 03KUWAIT4786 | EX-IM REQUEST: POST BRIEFING ON KUWAIT FOR ARAB [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KFPC EFIN |
| 03KUWAIT4788 | DELIVERY OF URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject General Assembly Demarche October 19, 2003, to MFA Americas Department Chief, Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Al-Babtain, who is generally critical of U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, was this time subdued in his response. He promised to pass the U.S. recommenda [...] |
2003-10-19 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA |
| 03KUWAIT4798 | (C) KUWAIT FM SAYS GOK'S IRAQ PLEDGE WILL BE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah at the airport on October 20, immediately prior to the FM's departure for visits to Poland, Hungary and Spain, where he will represent Kuwait at the October 23-24 Madrid conference. This was the first opportunit [...] |
2003-10-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EFIN PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT4799 | ACCEPTING NEW IRAQI DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL [...] Pol Chief conveyed reftel request to MFA Americas Dept. Deputy Director Ayham al-Omar October 19, following up with a diplomatic note. While the MFA official gave no substantive response, in practice, Kuwait is already accepting such passports and going out of its way to facilitate travel of [...] |
2003-10-21 05:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT480 | KUWAITI REQUEST FOR AIR MARSHALS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC KU |
| 03KUWAIT482 | GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's efforts to reform the country's secondary school curriculum and the (false) reports of embassy interference in this process. Al-Haroun, who obtained undergraduate a [...] |
2003-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA KU |
| 03KUWAIT4840 | TERRORIST FINANCE: OFAC/STATE TEAM MEETS KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials 4-5 October to encourage a joint USG-GOK investigation of suspicious charities, discuss the status of frozen Iraqi assets, and inform the GOK of money transfers [...] |
2003-10-25 07:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT4842 | PROPOSAL TO NEGOTIATE A TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN KU USTR GCC |
| 03KUWAIT4843 | PALESTINIAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA U/S [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS KU |
| 03KUWAIT4844 | ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KU |
| 03KUWAIT486 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY: [...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...] |
2003-02-06 04:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4959 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 17-26: IRAQ: MADRID [...] SUMMARY: Some MPs oppose Kuwait's support of Iraqi reconstruction, saying money should not be given to the "enemy occupier." A liberal commentator writes that Islamists reject the aid because they are opposed to "liberal concepts." Another comments on the memo by Secretary of Defense Rumsfel [...] |
2003-10-28 12:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4960 | SYRIA TO CONVENE FM'S ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary, Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador during an October 28 telephone conversation that Syria has invited Foreign Ministers from states bordering Iraq to a meeting in Damascus on November 1 to discuss Iraq. Ja [...] |
2003-10-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03KUWAIT4961 | REQUEST FOR US SPECIALIST ON POLITICAL ACTION [...] Summary: Post requests a US speaker/specialist to provide training recommendations for a Kuwaiti NGO focusing on women's political activism for the period December 6-10, 2003, or for anytime in January if the December timeframe is not possible. The speaker/specialist recruited should be exper [...] |
2003-10-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KMPI OIIP |
| 03KUWAIT4988 | (C) MORE ON SYRIA'S IRAQ MEETING [...] (C) After we sent ref A, MFA Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah had consulted with his Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts. They had agreed that Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Feisal would call Syrian FM Sharaa and press him to invi [...] |
2003-10-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU SY IZ TU IR EG JO SA |
| 03KUWAIT4989 | REQUEST FOR AMERICAN CORNERS FUNDING [...] FUNDING REQUEST: PAS Kuwait requests $52,376.52 to fund an American Corner at the main library of Kuwait University. We have agreed with the Dean of Arts and Sciences that this resource, if approved, will serve as the basis for an American Studies program in the College of Social Sciences. [...] |
2003-10-29 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KMPI OIIP SCUL KPAO KU |
| 03KUWAIT4990 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ [...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...] |
2003-10-30 04:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5001 | FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS: OFAC/STATE VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation from Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials on October 3-5 to discuss, among other things, some $85 million in frozen Iraqi assets held by the Nassau, Bahamas branch of the Commercial Bank o [...] |
2003-11-01 07:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ETTC PTER PREL KU IZ UNSC |
| 03KUWAIT5045 | (U) SHAYKH NAWAF UPGRADED TO "FIRST DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, half-brother to both the Amir and the Prime Minister, has just been officially elevated to First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister. This changes nothing in practice, but cements the a [...] |
2003-11-03 05:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT5057 | (C) IRAQ: GOK WANTS TO REBUILD PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sh. Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told the Ambassador Kuwait wants to coordinate with Iraqis on its remaining half-billion dollar pledge, to ensure the money helps rebuild ties between the two peoples. He said the GOK is encouraging involvement by the [...] |
2003-11-04 08:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SY IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT5080 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...] |
2003-11-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5088 | MEPI: REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (U) As part of its MEPI country strategy, post will occasionally request speakers as current events necessitate. The first such request is for a return visit in December by Mr. Emad Tinawi, who made a preliminary trip to Kuwait in August. We would like Mr. Tinawi to conduct a training seminar [...] |
2003-11-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT509 | MANAGING A NEW IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a private dinner with two prominent Kuwaiti businessmen -- one Islamist, the other liberal -- the topic of conversation centered on doing business in post-Saddam Iraq. This pair of 40-something movers-and-shakers was extremely interested to know who will run economic an [...] |
2003-02-09 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL MARR IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT5090 | MEPI: REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON TRADE ISSUES FOR [...] (U) As part of its MEPI country strategy, post will occasionally request speakers as current events necessitate. The first such request is for a return visit in December by Mr. Emad Tinawi, who made a preliminary trip to Kuwait in August. We would like Mr. Tinawi to conduct a training seminar [...] |
2003-11-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT5103 | (SBU) NEIGHBORS FOREVER: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (KCCI) Finance and Investment Committee, Mr. Faisal Al-Mutawa, on November 3. Conversation centered on the immediate GOK reaction to the recent Madrid Donors' Conference and KCCI and GOK efforts [...] |
2003-11-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5104 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE [...] (C) Mister Secretary, the backup itinerary for your upcoming visit to the Mideast involves overnighting in Kuwait. We therefore take the opportunity to provide you with this scenesetter emphasizing the GOK's role -- and this embassy's -- in support of the Iraq effort. (U) KUWAIT: THE ONE [...] |
2003-11-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MARR EAID AMGT IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT5129 | (C) SAYED BAHR AL-OLOUM TELLS AMBASSADOR IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IGC member Sayed Mohammed Bahr al-Oloum told the Ambassador November 5 that our success in Iraq is very important to him, but that it requires changing policy so as to give the impression that Iraqis are ruling themselves, with the Coalition providing strong but discreet support from " [...] |
2003-11-10 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ IR SA SY KU |
| 03KUWAIT5138 | KUWAIT TO SIGN TIFA [...] Action request at para 4. 2. In a diplomatic note dated 27 October, the GOK informed Embassy that it intends to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with USG, requested the nomination of a USG official authorized to sign on behalf of the United States and asked for a proposed d [...] |
2003-11-10 16:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU USTR GCC |
| 03KUWAIT5159 | (C) GOK WANTS US TO STOP COALITION FORCES' "ABUSE" [...] (S) On November 10, post received a diplomatic note (informal translation at paragraph 4) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing the GOK's displeasure that coalition forces are still permitting civilians and military personnel of varied nationalities into Kuwait without proper immig [...] |
2003-11-12 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETRD EAID CASC MOPS PREL PGOV PTER KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5163 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH FIRST [...] (C) As one of a series of meetings with senior GOK officials prior to his departure for temporary duty in Iraq, Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah November 10. The Ambassador congratulated Sheikh Nawaf on being officially named [...] |
2003-11-12 07:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT5181 | (C) KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a courtesy call on November 10 in preparation for the Ambassador's departure for temporary duty in Baghdad, Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed confirmed that Kuwait is committed to Iraq reconstruction. He said that unlike other countries, all of Kuwait's remaining $500 million commi [...] |
2003-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR KU |
| 03KUWAIT5182 | (C) KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a courtesy call on November 10 in preparation for the Ambassador's departure for temporary duty in Baghdad, Kuwait Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmed confirmed that Kuwait is committed to Iraq reconstruction. He said that unlike other countries, all of Kuwait's remaining $500 million commi [...] |
2003-11-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR KU |
| 03KUWAIT5183 | (U) JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a brief visit to Kuwait on November 11, meeting with the Amir, Crown Prince and PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. During his two-hour stay, the King discussed the current situation in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jordan's bilateral [...] |
2003-11-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ JO |
| 03KUWAIT5184 | KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 12: NOV. 6 POTUS SPEEC [...] President Bush's November 6 NED speech has garnered mixed placement in Kuwait's Arabic press, with some major papers putting the speech in the back pages of the international section as opposed to the front-page treatment POTUS statements are usually accorded in Kuwait. (Comment: we think this [...] |
2003-11-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5185 | KUWAIT SEEKS FUNDING FOR TWO POTENTIAL TIP [...] The GOK is taking positive steps to improve the TIP situation in Kuwait. However, some GOK officials and other local groups lack awareness of TIP issues and the capacity to implement needed legal, institutional, and other changes to increase protections for trafficking victims. The TIP issue [...] |
2003-11-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KU |
| 03KUWAIT5186 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: [...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...] |
2003-11-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5188 | (C) GOK RESPONSE ON IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK [...] (C) In a 6 November meeting with the Minister of Finance, Ambassador delivered the substance of Ref A demarche on the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in a Bahamian bank. The Minister said that a joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Central Bank of Kuwait team had been established and was inve [...] |
2003-11-12 17:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5189 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] SUMMARY: On November 7, two Arabic daily newspapers front- paged coverage of Secretary Powell's Iftar, quoting the Secretary as saying, "I learned a lot about Islam." The SIPDIS President of the US Branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students, Khamees Al-Mutairi, attended the Iftar and hi [...] |
2003-11-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5202 | NGO'S IN KUWAIT: NEARLY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-16 06:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KU |
| 03KUWAIT5207 | IRAQ ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-17 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5209 | GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-17 05:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD MU QA BA SA KU WTRO GCC USTR TC |
| 03KUWAIT5235 | (U) AMBASSADOR AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met with Polish PM Leszek Miller on November 10, 2003 at Bayan Palace, prior to the Prime Minister,s scheduled visit to Iraq. Discussion centered on coalition efforts in Iraq, including Ambassador Jones,s new responsibilities in Baghdad. The PM exp [...] |
2003-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KU PL |
| 03KUWAIT5317 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 15-19: TIMETABLE FOR IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the timetable for transfer of sovereignty in Iraq has been limited to one editorial that ties the decision to the upcoming US presidential elections. Commentary on democratization in the region reflects a lack of faith in regional governments to carry out reforms, but al [...] |
2003-11-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT533 | NEW FDA BIOTERRORISM REGULATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OIIP OTRA TBIO KU |
| 03KUWAIT5342 | (C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel), Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...] |
2003-11-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY |
| 03KUWAIT5343 | (C) SHAYKH SABAH'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. Amongst other topics (septel), Bishara described an ambitious agenda Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed hopes to implement in the near-term. End Summary. 2 [...] |
2003-11-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PHUM KWMN KU |
| 03KUWAIT5368 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND OTHERS STIFFING KUWAIT ON [...] (C) This is an action message. See Para 3. 2. (C) MFA continues to drub us on lack of Dominican and other coalition members' responsiveness in completing SOFA discussions. As addresses know, Kuwait bent its own rules and allowed Dominican and other battalions to transit Kuwait in advan [...] |
2003-11-24 06:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC ELAB DR PO SN PL KU SD |
| 03KUWAIT5370 | MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND WORK [...] Summary: Post requests MEPI funding for the establishment of a Junior Achievement program in Kuwait, and MEPI funding and ECA support in arranging a 4-6 week US work shadow program for non-elite Kuwaiti youth in the 16-23 age range during the summer of 2004. End summary. Junior Achievement [...] |
2003-11-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KMPI KDEM KU |
| 03KUWAIT5371 | (C) URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON [...] (C) Acting DCM made ref A demarche Sunday November 23 on MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department Ayham al-Omar. Given that Monday Nov. 24 is likely the last day before the Eid holiday here, which will run through Saturday Nov. 29, we second ref B recommendation that USUN follow up directly [...] |
2003-11-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA |
| 03KUWAIT5373 | MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests MEPI grants totaling $150,000 to support two ESL summer camp programs for non- elite Kuwaiti youth in the 12-16 age range. The local office of ChevronTexaco has agreed to fund a $75K PAS- initiated program that would send 10 Kuwaiti boys to an ESL summer camp in [...] |
2003-11-24 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KMPI KU |
| 03KUWAIT5381 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...] |
2003-11-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT54 | USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND [...] Embassy Kuwait recommends sending the following GOK official to the June 2003 International Conference and Exposition on Agricultural Science and Technology: Sheikh Fahad Salim Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Chairman and Director General of the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PA [...] |
2003-01-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO KU |
| 03KUWAIT5415 | (C) NO DECISION YET ON IRAQI ASSETS IN BAHAMAS BANK [...] (C) The acting head of the Central Bank of Kuwait's Anti-Money Laundering Unit, Talal Alsayegh, told us November 22 and December 1 that its investigation of the $85 million in Iraqi assets frozen in the Bahamas is not yet complete. Alsayegh said that the joint Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Cent [...] |
2003-12-01 10:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT544 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 3-10: WAR AGAINST [...] Summary: Support for US-led action against Iraq is strong despite being alloyed with rhetorical angst over Israel and other issues. The US presence in Kuwait is seen as necessary even after Saddam is removed, but one commentator also expresses embarrassment that "Kuwaiti soldiers are playing c [...] |
2003-02-11 05:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5454 | (U) IRAQ: KUWAIT WANTS TO INCREASE "HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Altanmia, the Kuwaiti consortium transporting humanitarian fuel to Iraq under contract to KBR, have told CPA and KBR representatives that they are willing and able to deliver more fuel to Iraq, and that the GOK considers this a high priority. Increases in most fu [...] |
2003-12-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID EPET PREL PGOV MOPS KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5525 | (U) HUMAN CLONING [...] (C) Kuwait will support our position on human cloning (reftel), according to MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department, Ayham al-Omar. URBANCIC [...] |
2003-12-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL KU UNGA KSCI |
| 03KUWAIT553 | ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX PROGRAM FOR KUWAITI MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) The United States and Kuwait are standing shoulder to shoulder in the international effort to disarm Iraq. As a result of Kuwait's geographic location next to Iraq, and the political decision by the GoK to support very large numbers of US [...] |
2003-02-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KU MCAP PREL PTER US |
| 03KUWAIT5537 | (C) IRAQI ASSETS: KUWAIT WILL TRANSFER FROZEN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC ECON PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT555 | SMALLPOX VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR DOD DEPENDENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Embassy is set to begin smallpox vaccinations on Sunday, February 16. We understand that DoD has still not given its assent to inclusion of DoD dependents in this program. Of the total of approximately 145 US Mission Kuwait dependents, ov [...] |
2003-02-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED AMGT ASEC KU PTER US |
| 03KUWAIT5561 | (C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor working conditions, and resolve labor disputes. Source country embassies have filled the void and assist runaway domestics on an ad hoc basis, navigating thr [...] |
2003-12-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU |
| 03KUWAIT5654 | KUWAIT INFORMATION REQUEST - BTU GROUP [...] As requested in reftel, post searched its records and found the following information for Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company and the Industrial and Financial Investments Company. Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company (KSCC) is a shareholding investment company established in 1980, with approximately 35 employees. Its [...] |
2003-12-15 06:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KU |
| 03KUWAIT5691 | KUWAIT ACCEPTS IRAQI DIPLOMATIC AND SERVICE [...] By dipnote number 23360 dated 14 December 2003, MFA has confirmed that "the concerned authorities in the Ministry of Interior have no objection to issuance of visas to enter the country to bearers of these passports" (i.e. Iraqi diplomatic and service passports that meet the conditions spelled [...] |
2003-12-16 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT5692 | (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered the Deputy Secretary's oral message (ref A) to MFA Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah December 16. He took the opportunity to deliver ref B demarche asking the GOK to use its influence on Iraqis -- especially tribal leaders -- to urge them to p [...] |
2003-12-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SOCI KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5719 | (U) IRAN TO PROVIDE KUWAIT WITH FRESH WATER [...] (C) Summary: The December 13 Kuwaiti-Iranian water importation agreement lays the foundation for Iran to begin supplying Kuwait with up to 900,000 cubic meters (over 200 million imperial gallons) of fresh water per day for a 30-year period. This would significantly increase Kuwait,s supply o [...] |
2003-12-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR |
| 03KUWAIT5734 | KUWAIT: COMMENTS ON MEPI FY 2003 FUNDING [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait welcomes the outline of FY 2003 funding recommendations for MEPI programs (Ref A), and seeks inclusion in a number of those programs. Comments on each pillar are given below. 2. (U) ECONOMIC PILLAR. Post will actively promote any MEPI projects to reduce trade barriers [...] |
2003-12-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KMPI KPAO ECON KU |
| 03KUWAIT5735 | REVISED DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] This is a revised request of Reftel B from Embassy Kuwait for an NEA Democracy Small Grant to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society (KES). The revised funding request for this grant is $34,350.00 (see para 9). The KES has requested a specific outside [...] |
2003-12-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KU |
| 03KUWAIT5737 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION DECEMBER 12-16: CAPTURE OF [...] SUMMARY: News of Saddam Hussein's capture was trumpeted in banner headlines on the front pages of all Arabic dailies as "The End of the Tyrant" and "The Mother of All Good News." Commentators call for a public trial and hope that Saddam's capture will contribute to a "change in the Arab menta [...] |
2003-12-18 05:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5747 | (C) PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge d'affaires, accompanied by Acting DCM, delivered reftel oral message (from POTUS to the Amir) to the Amir's Office Director Ibrahim al-Shatti, December 20. Al-Shatti, who holds ministerial rank, promised to convey the message to both the Amir and the Prime Minister the same day. [...] |
2003-12-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT5756 | (C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...] |
2003-12-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR |
| 03KUWAIT5788 | KUWAIT: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is 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 sources, the [...] |
2003-12-23 08:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU |
| 03KUWAIT5805 | GCC COMMITS TO ANTITERROR PACT, INCREASED ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Wrapping up its annual summit in Kuwait on December 22, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreed its member states would enter into an anti-terror pact, but did not specify a deadline. In the organization's closing statement, the Supreme Council (SC), composed of heads of states [...] |
2003-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT5807 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communique issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communique. Among the points of the communique highlighted i [...] |
2003-12-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5808 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communiqu issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communiqu. Among the points of the communiqu highlighted in t [...] |
2003-12-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT5837 | (C) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP: MONTHLY MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KU PTER |
| 03KUWAIT5841 | CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] Summary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regional political reform. During the two-day conference, entitled The Role of Islamic Groups in the Political Reform Process in the Middle East and sponsored by [...] |
2003-12-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT595 | EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH [...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...] |
2003-02-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT612 | KUWAITI REQUEST FOR AIR MARSHALS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC KU |
| 03KUWAIT613 | INPUT TO MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS [...] (S) Prior to the Iraqi invasion in 1990, the Kuwaiti Armed Forces (KAF) owned SA-7, SA-8, and SA-14 missile systems. Since 1991, the Kuwait Ministry of Defense (MOD) has claimed that all of their missile inventory was stolen by the Iraqi military. In 1995, the Kuwaiti MOD purchased 48 Starburs [...] |
2003-02-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETTC MOPS MARR PARM PREL PTER KU |
| 03KUWAIT614 | (C) OIL FOR JORDAN [...] (C) MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that he had recently informed Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan al-Muasher that Kuwait is prepared to provide Jordan up to 20,000 bpd of oil in the event that war cuts off Iraqi oil to Jordan. He understands the UAE will provi [...] |
2003-02-19 17:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID IZ JO KU |
| 03KUWAIT626 | (C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...] |
2003-02-19 18:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT65 | MIF: KUWAIT ACCEPTS DIVERTED VESSELS LADY RAWIA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EWWT MOPS IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT651 | KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and the region. Almost all of them defined the U.S. role in the world as that of the current imperial power and predicted the eventual downfall of the U.S. "empi [...] |
2003-02-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PGOV PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT66 | LADY RAWIA AND TRUST I DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT673 | GOK FOOT DRAGGING ON CUSTOMS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Common with Riyadh (Ref A), yet contrary to earlier assertions by Kuwaiti officials (Ref B), the GCC Customs Union that began ostensibly on January 1, 2003, remains for Kuwait a union in name only. While the GOK has enacted a common external tariff, as stipulated by t [...] |
2003-02-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON KU |
| 03KUWAIT675 | (C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT SEEKS EXPLANATION OF [...] (C) On 23 February Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) noting that Citibank New York had blocked a $105,862 transfer from the Lajnat al-Daawa al-Islamiyya (LDI) (Islamic Call Committee) to the account of "Mercy International." (Post informal t [...] |
2003-02-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT726 | WTO BUDGET REFORM POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN AFIN KU WTRO |
| 03KUWAIT744 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KU WTO |
| 03KUWAIT753 | KUWAIT WANTS TO PLAY ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT804 | (SBU) ANOTHER SHOOTING NON-INCIDENT [...] (C) On the morning of March 5, a USMC convoy from Camp Commando had a 7-ton vehicle break down just past the on-ramp onto Highway 80. Convoy personnel heard shots impacting nearby. The convoy commander crossed the highway to find out where the fire originated; he found some Kuwaiti officers [...] |
2003-03-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT806 | KUWAIT AIRPORT PLANS TO MAINTAIN CIVILIAN FLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCI) announced that Kuwait International Airport does not intend to close operations in face of a potential war in Iraq unless military action jeopardizes the safety of civilian flights. Commercial airlines, however, may decide individ [...] |
2003-03-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KU |
| 03KUWAIT818 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 6: EXILE FOR SADDAM; [...] Summary: While Kuwaiti chief editors spend today penning editorials of sputtering outrage following the Iraqi vice-president's characterization of Kuwait at Wednesday's OIC session as "a monkey and a valet" in the service of America, op/eds from earlier in the week praise the proposal of Sha [...] |
2003-03-07 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT85 | (S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC |
| 03KUWAIT858 | (C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...] |
2003-03-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT861 | (C) ICJ OIL PLATFORMS CASE [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA has faxed us a dipnote that we are forwarding by fax to NEA/ARP, which states officially that Kuwait was a neutral during the Iran-Iraq war. MFA has also identified a point of contact, former legal adviser and current MFA official with rank of Ambassador, Dr. T [...] |
2003-03-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU ICJ |
| 03KUWAIT896 | THIS WEEK AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] The Kheiran Pearls scandal (reftel A) continued to occupy center stage at the National Assembly this week. MP Mussalam Al-Barak accused former Finance Minister Yousef Al-Ibrahim of squandering public funds in relation to the project. In his first official statement since his resignation in J [...] |
2003-03-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT900 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 12: IRAQ; BLIX [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators show predictable sympathy to the US position with the UNSC and the Turkish Parliament's refusal to accept US troops for an attack on Iraq. Blix's "indecisive" reports are blamed for contributing to the disunity on the Security Council. Opposition to war in Iraq c [...] |
2003-03-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT918 | KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/13/03 [...] (C) A Senior KPC official informed Embassy late afternoon of March 12 that Kuwaiti production reached 2.4 mmbd. The source noted that Embassy should watch the newspapers on 3/13 for further details. 2. (U) Local press reports on March 13 quoted Nader Al-Sultan, CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corp [...] |
2003-03-16 04:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT920 | KUWAIT PREPARES ENVIRONMENT FOR WAR [...] SUMMARY: As part of Kuwait's wide-ranging contingency plans ahead of a potential US-led conflict in Iraq, the GOK has established an Emergency Response Committee tasked with protecting the country's environment. Still stinging from the devastating consequences of Saddam's campaign of "environ [...] |
2003-03-16 04:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT921 | TERRORIST FINANCE -- KUWAIT: FREEZE ACTIONS ON [...] One local Arabic-language daily newspaper front-paged a short piece on March 15 suggesting that Kuwait's Central Bank had taken action to freeze accounts of the Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiyya. Embassy informal translation of the piece follows: "Government source: Al-Daawa Reponse to Accusatio [...] |
2003-03-16 05:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT938 | AFGHANISTAN: HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIC FORUM POINTS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL AF KU |
| 03KUWAIT944 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 16: IRAQ; FRENCH [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators lash out at France as the embodiment of opposition to war against Saddam's regime. The Arab League delegation to the US, and possibly to Baghdad, is derided as a "tour group." In an op/ed entitled "A Leader is Needed at the White House," one commentator remarks [...] |
2003-03-17 04:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT949 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 16, 2003, EconOff met with Fawaz Al-Farah, Deputy Director General of Aviation Safety and Air Transport at Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and Mohammad Abdul Rahim, Chief of the International Relations Division at DGCA's Air Transport Department, to deliver reft [...] |
2003-03-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD KU |
| 03KUWAIT958 | (C) LAJNAT AD-DA'AWA AL-ISLAMIYA (LDI) [...] (SBU) Leaders of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM - the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood here) paid separate calls on the French and US Ambassadors March 16 to appeal against the asset freeze imposed on the ICM-affiliated charity Lajnat ad-Da'awa al-Islamiya (LDI - reftels). [...] |
2003-03-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT965 | KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT966 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK - MISR COMPANY FOR MECHANICAL [...] Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the reliability of Misr Co. for Mechanical and Electrical Projects, Kuwait Branch as the recipient of sensitive U.S.-origin technology. Misr was listed on application number D305395 as the proposed consignee of quantity one (1) Flir Systems, I [...] |
2003-03-18 07:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC KU |
| 03KUWAIT978 | KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/18/03 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KU |
| 03KUWAIT98 | AFGHANISTAN: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-14 06:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AF KU |
| 03KUWAIT985 | TFIZ01: STAND UP OF OPERATIONS CENTER; SITREP [...] SITREP NO. 1: AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME, MARCH 19, 2003. 2. EVENTS: STAND UP OF OPERATIONS CENTER OCCURRED AT 0001 HOURS LOCAL TIME MARCH 19, 1601 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 18, 2003. 3. COMMENTS: THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY DURING THIS INITIAL PERIOD. JONES [...] |
2003-03-19 08:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03KUWAIT99 | (U) POLITICAL BATTLE HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION, STIRS [...] (U) Summary: In yet another round of anti-government political fighting, MP Abdullah Mohammed Al-Naibari has submitted a request to conduct a parliamentary investigation, or "grilling," into the activities of a government minister. The threat of a grilling has fueled rumors that the Amir may b [...] |
2003-01-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT999 | SITREP NO. 2 [...] SITREP NO. 2 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1659 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. -------- SECURITY -------- 2. Nothing Substantive to Report (NSTR) -------- MILITARY -------- 3. NSTR --------- POLITICAL --------- 4. NSTR -------- CONSULAR -------- 5. Post received three telepho [...] |
2003-03-19 20:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU |
| 03ROME5694 | ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...] |
2003-12-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5786 | MFA LEGAL ADVISER ON REFUGEES, SOFA WITH KUWAIT, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Legal Adviser Jorge Santiago told DCM (then-Charge) Kubiske October 9 that his office will begin full-time processing of a refugee case backlog before the end of the year and will soon submit to UNHCR a list of needed technical assistance and training for refugee contingency [...] |
2003-10-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR IZ KU MARR PREF PREL |
| 04AMMAN1288 | MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not want a [...] |
2004-02-19 20:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO |
| 04AMMAN1294 | MUASHER ON PRODUCTIVE KUWAIT MEETING, PERSISTENT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that the Iraq neighbors Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait had been frank and productive, with the neighbors arguing strongly for guarantees of Iraqi unity and the rights of Iraqi minorities. Iraqi FonMin Zebari responded that Kurds do not w [...] |
2004-02-19 21:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ KU SY JO |
| 04AMMAN348 | JORDAN: KUWAITIS DO NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE FREE [...] (C) On the margins of a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher gave the Ambassador a readout of his recently concluded trip to Kuwait for a meeting of the bilateral Jordan-Kuwait Higher Committee. Muasher said he had been very well received ("like royalty," in fact), including extensive [...] |
2004-01-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EPET KU JO |
| 04AMMAN459 | PM FAYEZ ON RELATIONS WITH GULF, ISRAEL, IRAQ [...] (C) PM Fayez told the Ambassador January 19 that he did not receive a promise from Kuwait to continue its supply of free oil to Jordan on his recent trip there, but that he would keep "chipping away." It was more important to continue the larger Saudi supply, and he hoped his family connect [...] |
2004-01-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID KU IS SA JO |
| 04AMMAN4698 | NO TALK OF KUWAITI OIL IN JORDAN [...] (C) REF B requested Embassy Amman's readout on a reported Jordanian claim of an understanding regarding Kuwaiti provision of oil to Jordan. In the Ambassador's recent discussions with the King, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister (Ref A), we have heard no claims of a Kuwaiti promise [...] |
2004-06-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ KU JO |
| 04AMMAN665 | MUASHER ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE SAUDIS ON OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the Ambassador and PolCouns January 21 that neither Kuwait nor the UAE had yet provided all the free oil they had promised to Jordan in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Kuwait, he asserted, had committed to providing 25,000 bpd for six months, and Jorda [...] |
2004-01-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL KU SA JO TC |
| 04DJIBOUTI1435 | DORALE TRANSMITTER GOES LIVE; NEGLIGIBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A medium wave transmitter at the Radio Television Djibouti (RTD) station in Dorale was activated on November 4, marking completion of phase one of the RTD- International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) joint renovation of the station. Concerns that the transmitter may interfere with c [...] |
2004-11-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG |
| 04DJIBOUTI340 | INVESTMENT IN DJIBOUTI DOMINATED BY ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President's Advisor on Investment, Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, says Djiboutians favor Arab development funds over western funds because of the simplicity of their financing procedures. Al-Hag detailed the current investments to Djibouti from the Arab world. He twice commented that both [...] |
2004-03-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV PREL EAID ENRG EWWT SENV SOCI ABLD SA KU DJ TC |
| 04DJIBOUTI730 | ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS HOLD TALKS WITH DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Mahmoud Ali Youssef, told Ambassador May 20 during their meeting at the MFA on another matter, that the May 18-19 visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to Djibouti had gone very well. Meles had come to Djibouti to [...] |
2004-05-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ET KU MY DJ TC |
| 04DJIBOUTI782 | PK12 RETURNS TO FULL OPERATIONS AFTER MAY EXPLOSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) radio station at PK12 is back to full operations after an explosion and subsequent detection of unexploded ordinance (UXO) on the site. Plans for full site clearance continue. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At 2am on May 3 an explosion took pl [...] |
2004-06-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG |
| 04KUWAIT1003 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR VPOTUS MEETING WITH FONMIN [...] (C) Meeting with the Vice President March 31 will be the highlight of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah's visit to Washington. It will also be the GOK'S highest-level meeting with the USG since Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's Septemb [...] |
2004-03-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1010 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY ON ARAB LEAGUE POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Charge on March 28 that although Tunisia has postponed the Arab League Summit due to lack of consensus on reform, the topic of reform is now on the League's agenda and the GCC will continue to push it. End Summary. (C) Sum [...] |
2004-03-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF KU |
| 04KUWAIT1041 | (S/NF) SHAYKH NAWAF AL-AHMED: A NON-ENTITY TO [...] (S/NF) Ref A relayed a report from a well-connected Kuwaiti source that Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has the inside track to be a future Amir. The Bosnian ambassador (protect), a Muslim who speaks fluent Arabic and enjoys warm [...] |
2004-03-30 13:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT1061 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MARCH 29-31: AHMAD YASEEN [...] SUMMARY: Festering outrage over the assassination of Sheikh Yaseen and perceived U.S. approval, if not complicity, in the act, continues to color local perception of U.S. reform efforts in the region. "So, what are these human rights that the Americans are calling for, if they allow their pla [...] |
2004-03-31 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1105 | TIP: MINISTERIAL DECREE BANS UNDER-18 CAMEL [...] MFA has just faxed us a Decree by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, number 152 of 2004, dated March 24, 2004, effective the date of publication. 2. The Decree (in Arabic) flatly bans the employment of children under age 18 in camel racing. Separately, it bans their employment in [...] |
2004-04-05 08:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1219 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 10-124: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY:. END SUMMARY. 2. "Escalation In Iraq, In Whose interest?" Adel Al-Qassar wrote in independent Al-Watan (4/11): "The reason beh escalation in Iraq is the clash of wills between the people and the o freedom, and what democracy is the United States promising with this violence an [...] |
2004-04-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1227 | (C) SCENESETTER: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE VISIT [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Welcome to Kuwait. Your visit will be an excellent opportunity to continue the high-level engagement the Kuwaitis crave, building on the excellent reception the Defense Minister and Foreign Minister received in Washington two weeks ago. We have requested meetings with the [...] |
2004-04-14 04:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT123 | OPERATION OF COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) [...] Summary. All personnel assigned to CPA Baghdad currently must transit Kuwait in order to board military aircraft to/from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). These personnel are assisted by CPA's Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Forward-Kuwait, who provide the travelers with briefings and eq [...] |
2004-01-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA ETRD KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT1248 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 12-14: IRAQ, KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators have been rattled by events in Fallujah and the rise of Moqtada al-Sadr. Islamist MPs and others decry what they term a "brutal" US response and have issued press statements calling for Muslims to resist the "US occupation of Iraq" and the presence of US troops i [...] |
2004-04-15 06:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1258 | (C) TIP: DISCUSSION WITH NUNCIO [...] (U) A/DCM met April 13 with Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, and Qatar and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula, who is resident in Kuwait and has served here over four years. 2. (C) The purpose of the meeting was to brief the Nuncio on th [...] |
2004-04-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN PGOV KCRM SMIG KU |
| 04KUWAIT126 | IRAQ: KUWAIT TO HOST THIRD "NEIGHBORING [...] Kuwait is due to host the third meeting of the "neighboring countries" of Iraq, shortly after Eid al-Adha which ends February 3. The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC), presumably represented by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zeibari, will be invited. Bahrain will attend in its capacity as Chair of th [...] |
2004-01-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT127 | (S) AIK FUEL: GOK WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S SIGNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge delivered copy of reftel dipnote to the FM January 10, asking that the GOK continue supplying fuel to US and coalition forces pending bilateral discussions to resolve who will pay for what. He also asked for urgent approval for the deployment of twelve additional C-130s [...] |
2004-01-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1274 | (C) NEW ICM LEADERS STRIVE FOR MAINSTREAM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT13 | (C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles what our colleagues in other Muslim societies encounter daily, but it runs counter to their experience of the US role in liberating Kuwait, which most still g [...] |
2004-01-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT130 | (S) COALITION FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT OK FOR TWO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) At the instruction of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, who was in Yemen, MFA U/S Khaled Salman Al Jarallah called Charge January 11, 2004, to reply to Charge's January 10 demarche (reftel A) [...] |
2004-01-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1316 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14), " [...] |
2004-04-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1329 | KUWAITI REACTIONS TO THE NOMINATION OF RICHARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media have prominently reported Islamist opposition to the nomination of Richard LeBaron as ambassador to Kuwait in the past few days, with a handful of Islamist MPs, members of the Kuwait University student union and other fellow travelers expressing dismay that "personal [...] |
2004-04-21 12:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT1334 | (C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...] |
2004-04-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1346 | (SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis), who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...] |
2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT135 | (SBU) USTR PROPOSES DELAY IN TIFA SIGNING [...] (U) Comment and Action Request at para 9. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary. Embassy requests Department intervene with USTR to maintain the scheduled 10 February TIFA signing and economic reform discussions with GOK in Washington, even [...] |
2004-01-12 18:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT1355 | (C) COPTIC CHURCH MAKES STRIDES BY MAKING FRIENDS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-26 10:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KU EG |
| 04KUWAIT1356 | (C) MESSAGE FROM POTUS ON IRAQ [...] (U) CDA delivered reftel letter from President Bush addressed to the Amir, to Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah April 25. Director of the Amir's Office Ibrahim al-Shatti and A/DCM sat in. Receipt of the letter was announced in the Kuwaiti media, as the Ministe [...] |
2004-04-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PREL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1364 | (C) IRAQ: NORWEGIAN COMMANDER WANTS TO STAY, [...] (U) A/DCM AND OMC-K VICE CHIEF MET APRIL 25 WITH A VISITING NORWEGIAN DELEGATION COMPRISING THE DCM FROM THE NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI, PER VATNE, THE COMMANDER OF THE NORWEGIAN CONTINGENT IN IRAQ, COLONEL THOR MOEN, CHRISTIAN HANEBORG OF THE EMBASSY, AND MAJOR JENS HYNDOY, MOEN'S CHIEF [...] |
2004-04-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NO IZ KU UNSC |
| 04KUWAIT1380 | (C) PM ASSURES DEPUTY SECRETARY "WE'RE LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah assured Deputy Secretary Armitage April 19 that "we are long-term allies." SIPDIS Shaykh Sabah urged the US to seek a new UNSC Resolution on Iraq, and to resolve the situation in Fallujah -- peacefully if possible, but if not, then above all quickl [...] |
2004-04-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1399 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 24-28: MIDDLE EAST: VANUNU'S [...] SUMMARY: Continued criticism of Pres. Bush's perceived closeness to Sharon and tacit approval for Sharon's "crimes" gave way slightly as the week went on to calls for increased security in the wake of the Riyadh bombings. Nabil Al-Fadhl wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (4/24), "As Kuwaitis, [...] |
2004-04-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1402 | (SBU) CJCS DISCUSSES IRAQ PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers discussed the current situation in Iraq with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense April 14. Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah emphasized that Kuwait's support for Coalition efforts in Iraq would continue. General M [...] |
2004-04-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR PREL ASEC IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT143 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S BURNS'S VISIT [...] (C) Welcome back to Kuwait. We are requesting meetings for you with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, for the afternoon of January 14. Given you [...] |
2004-01-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR ETRD PHUM PGOV IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1449 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 2-5: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS [...] SUMMARY: Outrage and bitter cynicism characterize many editorials addressing the reported abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition forces, highlighting "similiarities" between Saddam's regime and US forces, including the location of the incidents at Abu Gharib prison which was notorious under Sadd [...] |
2004-05-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT147 | CLARIFYING STATUS OF NON-U.S. PERSONNEL IN KUWAIT [...] Summary and Action Request. Embassy has learned that some DOD contract personnel working in Kuwait believe that their close support of DOD activities here entitles them to the same criminal/liability protections enjoyed by U.S. military and DOD civilians. This may very well not be the case. [...] |
2004-01-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID MOPS PGOV PREL CASC KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT1477 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 8-10: ABU GHRAIB; IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators continued strident criticism and outrage at revelations of the abuse at Abu Ghraib. A prominent conservative commentator notes with satisfaction that the abuse scandal has resulted in the "postponement until further notice" of the issuance of the State Department [...] |
2004-05-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1500 | (S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...] |
2004-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1504 | (U) RECRUITING KUWAITI KIDS TO FIGHT IN IRAQ [...] (U) The local Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas reported May 5 that a Kuwaiti had filed a complaint with his embassy in Damascus, accusing Hamed al-Ali of recruiting his son to go to Iraq via Syria. The story also reports that, according to the Kuwaiti parent, the youths who are recruited will s [...] |
2004-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL ASEC MOPS IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1505 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 11-12: ABU GHRAIB ABUSE; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: Condemnation of the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib continues to dominate local opinion pages. A small but consistent number of editorials also continue to appear, praising the transparency with which U.S. authorities are dealing with the issue, as in one column titled [...] |
2004-05-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1519 | (U) GRILLINGS: ROUNDS TWO AND POSSIBLY THREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad,s Cabinet has survived a second round of grillings in the National Assembly and appears strong on the eve of a possible third. The second challenge of the year, this time against Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Al-Jarallah, came from Shiite Isl [...] |
2004-05-16 10:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU |
| 04KUWAIT1547 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 15-17: WOMEN'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: The swell of commentary on Abu Ghraib was slightly abated by the introduction of a bill by the Kuwaiti cabinet on May 16 supporting full political rights for women. The news pages report statements of support by liberals and women activists for the measure and flat rejection by conse [...] |
2004-05-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1594 | KUWAIT WAVERS ON COMMITMENT TO RESERVE AL-ZOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric and Fluor officials have informed post that the Government of Kuwait may have backed away from the Amir's 1996 promise to President Clinton that US firms would have exclusive rights to build the next major electricity generating plant, now anticipated to be the $ [...] |
2004-05-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL BEXP ETRD KU |
| 04KUWAIT1634 | (C) GOK MAY CO-SPONSOR COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KU UNGA KSCI |
| 04KUWAIT1635 | (C) ARTICLE 98 STILL STALLED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT1647 | (C) HUMAN CLONING: MFA PROMISES TO CO-SPONSOR [...] (C) In a May 24 meeting with MFA IO Director Amb. Abdullah al-Murad on another topic (septel), CDA elicited a promise that Kuwait would co-sponsor the Costa Rican resolution calling for a complete ban on human cloning. We suggest USUN ask the Kuwaiti mission to confirm these instructions wit [...] |
2004-05-24 11:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO KU UNGA KSCI |
| 04KUWAIT1649 | (C) UNCC: GOK APPEALS TO HOLD THE LINE [...] (C) An agitated MFA IO Director Amb. Abdullah al-Murad called in CDA May 24 to stress that the GOK at the highest levels attaches great importance to maintaining the existing UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) arrangement. He was concerned about reports from New York that Germany "supported b [...] |
2004-05-24 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU UNSC |
| 04KUWAIT1650 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 22-24: RAFAH INCURSION; [...] SUMMARY: The coincidence of the Israeli operation in Rafah with alleged American bombing of a wedding party in Iraq leads a prominent conservative commentator to cite both as examples of "Arab blood being cheap." The first court martial trial to come out of the abuses at Abu Ghraib was dealt w [...] |
2004-05-24 15:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1661 | (S) ISLAMIST EXTREMIST WANTS TO TALK TO U.S., SAYS [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain convoked CDA May 25 to tell him that Jaber al-Jalahma "has information" for the US Embassy. As reported reftel, DNSA Fran Townsend singled out Jalahma by name during her May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, as an extrem [...] |
2004-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1662 | (C) ARTICLE 98: "LEAVE IT TO US" [...] (C) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain told CDA May 25 that the Cabinet's Legal Committee (the Ministers of Justice, Information, and Commerce) would meet May 26 to consider what is needed according to Kuwaiti law to bring the Article 98 agreement into force. He said MFA would s [...] |
2004-05-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT1663 | (C) NEED TO GET MILAIR ARRIVALS UNDER CONTROL [...] (C) CDA was summoned by Foreign Ministry Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain May 25. Among other topics, Babtain complained at the way the US military continues to ignore Kuwaiti immigration procedures. Specifically, Babtain said, Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) Alternate Member Ameer [...] |
2004-05-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OTRA IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1674 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 25-26: IRAQ [...] "No Worse..." Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh wrote in independent Al-Qabas (5/25): "Had the American policy in Iraq succeeded, the transfer through the United Nations Security Council would have been welcomed. This did not happen, and the American policy in Iraq has been a great disappointment so [...] |
2004-05-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1699 | (C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1701 | (C) LIBERALS ON THE OFFENSIVE IN FACE OF GROWING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT1705 | (U) ELECTORAL REFORM: THE DEBATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Reducing the number of electoral constituencies is one of the leading political issues in Kuwait. The concept is that larger constituencies will make vote-buying harder and dilute the influence of tribes. PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad has announced that the GOK will settle this matt [...] |
2004-05-31 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KU |
| 04KUWAIT1731 | (S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...] |
2004-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1732 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 30-31: TERRORISM; IRAQ. [...] SUMMARY: The wave of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia impelled ma 2. "Incitement And Demagoguery In The Arab Mind " Sami Abdel Latif Al-Nisif wrote in independent Al-Anba (5/30): "One 3. "Time To Eradicate The Boils Of Terrorism" Editor in Chief Ahmad Al-Jarallah wrote in independent [...] |
2004-06-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1735 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 1-2: TERRORISM; IRAQ. [...] SUMMARY: Condemning the Saudi terror attacks and the creation of 2. "Media Incitement" Faisal Al-Qenai, Secretary General of the Kuwait Journalist Associati 3. "Defeating Terrorism Is A National Responsibility" Dr. Ayed Al-Mana'a wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/1): "If Ghazi Al [...] |
2004-06-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1748 | (C) GOK PROTESTS MISTREATMENT OF MINISTER AT [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Charge was summoned to MFA after its cob June 2 to receive a formal protest at the treatment given to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Feisal al-Hajji at the Chicago port of entry May 2, when he was transiting from London to Houston [...] |
2004-06-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KU |
| 04KUWAIT1752 | (C) UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR DISCUSSES IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request. During a June 2 courtesy call, Paolo Lembo, the new United Nations Resident Coordinator discussed with the Charge the possibility of the UN basing some Iraq support staff in Kuwait. Envisioning a staff of 100-120, he said that their new headquarters wou [...] |
2004-06-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EAID IZ KU UN |
| 04KUWAIT180 | NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...] |
2004-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM |
| 04KUWAIT1809 | (C) ASAD TELLS GOK HE WANTS DIALOGUE WITH USG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Kuwaiti FM, Syrian President Asad used a brief visit June 6 to ask the GOK to tell the USG he is serious about working together to promote stability in Iraq. Asad was reportedly very concerned about the Syria Accountability Act, particularly the insertion of t [...] |
2004-06-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1810 | (C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that the Cabinet had decided June 6 that the Constitution requires ratification of the Article 98 agreement by the National Assembly. As the Assembly is about to recess for the summer, he said he expected the [...] |
2004-06-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT1811 | (C) HARDLINE ISLAMISTS LASH OUT AT US -- FEELING [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Islamist MP issued a lengthy diatribe accusing the US Embassy of interfering in Kuwait's internal affairs; he was clearly reacting to the report detailing our activities in support of human rights, posted on the DoS website. GOK officials including the Foreign Minister quick [...] |
2004-06-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI KWMN KU |
| 04KUWAIT1812 | (C) JORDAN'S KING DID NOT DISCUSS OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that Jordanian King Abdullah had not/not discussed oil during his June 1 visit to Kuwait (other topics septels). (NOTE: the local media reported that the King had said Kuwait had renewed for six months the p [...] |
2004-06-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1829 | (C) SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON ELECTRICITY FOR [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A oral message from the Secretary to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah SIPDIS al-Salem al-Sabah June 7, after MFA advised that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed would not be available (other topics septels). The Minister listened attentively and promis [...] |
2004-06-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1836 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 8-9: IRAQ; HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Liberal commentators rose to defend the USG against criticism of the State Department Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, characterized by Islamists as "interference in Kuwaiti internal affairs." One conservative MP also denounced US Embassy public diplomacy programs and [...] |
2004-06-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1861 | (SBU) PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE RULING FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling Al-Sabah family enjoys broad public support and legitimacy in the eyes of most Kuwaitis. Despite the presence of several hotly-debated issues, Kuwaitis remain content with their leadership and Government. Kuwaitis, from Sunna to Shia, ultra-wealthy to comfortable mid [...] |
2004-06-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT1876 | (U) CONSTITUENCY DEBATE ENDS IN BICKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 special session of parliament to discuss the reduction of electoral constituencies dissolved into bickering and shouting matches ultimately leading to the adjournment of the session. Too few MPs support any one of the three proposals being considered and there appear e [...] |
2004-06-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KU |
| 04KUWAIT189 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JANUARY 8-12: BAKER [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti MPs and the head of the Shiite clerics in Kuwait have reacted angrily to the reported suggestion by the Vice President of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress that Kuwait should lease two of its islands to Iraq to use as ports. The leading editorial in daily Al-Watan procla [...] |
2004-01-19 04:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1895 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 15-16: IRAQ; G8 SUMMIT. [...] SUMMARY: Commentators reacted to the increase in violence in Iraq 2. "Dangers Facing Iraq" Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (6/16): " 3. "Eradication" Dr. Yacoub Al-Sharrah wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (6/15): "T 4. "President Bush's Straw" Dr. [...] |
2004-06-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1904 | (S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1928 | (C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note, number 20041331 from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, dated 20 June 2004, marked "Secret" and noting that ICRC informed the GOK on May 11 that it had registered a Kuwaiti citizen dur [...] |
2004-06-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT1933 | KUWAIT CONDEMNS MURDER OF AMCIT PAUL JOHNSON [...] The GOK, National Assembly, and Muslim religious leaders have condemned the Johnson murder and expressed support for Saudi actions against terrorists in the Kingdom. On June 19, Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed publicly condemned the murder as a terrorist act and stressed that those who "k [...] |
2004-06-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA KU |
| 04KUWAIT1934 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 19-21: IRAQ; TERRORISM. [...] SUMMARY: In a rare show of near-unanimity, Kuwaiti commentators joined together in near-total condemnation of the beheading of Paul Johnson and terror in general. Some still found a way to blame Zionism. And others cautioned the Kuwaiti government not to allow such a home-grown terror movement [...] |
2004-06-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT198 | (C) S/WCI AMB. PROSPER DISCUSSES IRAQI SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK pressed for special attention to be given to prosecuting crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime committed against Kuwaitis. At S/WCI Amb. Prosper's suggestion, the GOK agreed to work on putting together a team of investigators to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal in its in [...] |
2004-01-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS IZ KU KAWC |
| 04KUWAIT1996 | (SBU) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC TECHNICAL CHANGE TO [...] (C) A/DCM joined the British, Italian and Libyan DCMs in delivering reftel demarche June 28 on MFA Acting Director of Legal Affairs Ghanem al-Ghanem. Ghanem promised to contact the Kuwaiti OPCW Executive Council delegation urgently (it had just left for The Hague that morning) and to put the [...] |
2004-06-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY KU CWC |
| 04KUWAIT2005 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 26-28: Iraq, Terror, Arab [...] SUMMARY: Atrocities by terrorists in Iraq and Saudi Arabia are a principal focus of Kuwaiti columnists this week. Walid Al- Ibrahim wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/26): "Every time a westerner is taken hostage or killed by Arabs and Muslims, Islam's image is tainted further and feelings of hat [...] |
2004-06-29 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2050 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working to arrange a meeting with Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, who is expected to be the Acting Foreign Minister at the time of your visit (both the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister are expected to be out of the country). A [...] |
2004-07-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2072 | (S) OIF FUEL ISSUE: GOK INVITES COMMERCIAL [...] (S) Further to the conversation reported reftel, Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the MFA Americas Dept. (number 20041488 dated July 7, 2004), in Arabic, marked "Urgent and Secret." Informal Embassy translation follows: BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its b [...] |
2004-07-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2075 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 5-7: IRAQ; TERROR [...] SUMMARY: Isolated calls for Arabs to take responsibility for combating terror and religious extremism have been drowned out in a flood of conspiracy theories that allege US and Israeli roles in supporting Al-Zarqawi, rigging Saddam's trial, and torturing detainees. Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote [...] |
2004-07-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2152 | (C) GUANTANAMO: GOK SEEKS CLEARANCE FOR LAWYER, [...] (U) THIS IS REVISED VERSION OF REFTEL, WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT INCOMPLETE. Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, both marked "secret." According to the first (number 2004145 [...] |
2004-07-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT2188 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 10-14: IRAQ; ICJ RULING; [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2217 | (SBU) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETING SET FOR SEPT. [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Regional Delegation of ICRC announcing that the 46th session of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Kuwait on September 7, 2004 at 9: [...] |
2004-07-18 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT2245 | (SBU) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: FAILED JULY 13 [...] (C) Summary: After more than a year of conspicuous inaction by the GOK and parliament on municipal reform, the National Assembly failed to reach a quorum in the July 13 extraordinary session called to debate an Amiri decree postponing Municipal Council elections for another year. This provoke [...] |
2004-07-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT2272 | Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...] |
2004-07-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB KU OPIC |
| 04KUWAIT2274 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 18 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage met with Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other Kuwaiti Ministers on July 18. The Deputy Secretary took the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Iraq, soliciting Shaykh Nawaf's views on the [...] |
2004-07-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT2287 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 17-21: ICJ RULING, ARAFAT, [...] SUMMARY: Familiar criticism of U.S. policy in Israel, now relating to the ICJ ruling on the Israeli Wall, is being drowned out by harsh criticism of Palestinian Authority corruption and Arafat's leadership. Dr. Ayed Al-Mana' wrote in independent Al- Watan (7/19): "...Israeli aggression is not [...] |
2004-07-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2335 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, the Ambassador paid farewell visits to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah. Discussions centered largely on the situation in Iraq, including the Interim Government's ability to secure the country in the face o [...] |
2004-07-27 06:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT2345 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's exclusive interview with local Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-A'am (7/18) generated a wealth of coverage in the local press. The interview, which ranged widely from democracy in Kuwait and stability in Iraq to the war on terror, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Le [...] |
2004-07-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OIIP KU |
| 04KUWAIT2366 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. You are currently scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Saturday, July 31st. Foreign Minister Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah will most likely also be in attendance. Since your last visit on March 20, there ha [...] |
2004-07-29 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2389 | GOK RATIFIES TIFA [...] The MFA informed Embassy via Diplomatic Note No. 13543 dated July 6, 2004 that Kuwait has ratified by Decree No. 135 the Trade and Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed on February 6, 2004. 2. The document also notes that the GOK has not yet received formal notification from the US that the US [...] |
2004-08-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL PGOV EINV ECON KU |
| 04KUWAIT2425 | (U) INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES IMPOSE BAN ON [...] (U) Action request at para 11. 2. (C) Summary. MFA reports that the Embassies of the Philippines and India, responding to a deteriorating security situation, requested GOK assistance on 3 August in banning travel of their nationals to Iraq. MFA, reportedly in order to provide USG an opp [...] |
2004-08-04 03:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ETRD EAID PREL PHUM IN IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2426 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S HISTORIC VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: All local news dailies covered the historic three-day visit to Kuwait by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, July 31-Aug 2. Pro-forma high-level meetings were conducted during the visit, which focused on the resumption of the bilateral relationship. Allawi reassured Kuwait that Ir [...] |
2004-08-04 03:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2493 | KUWAIT CIVAIR: PROMOTING OPEN SKIES [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 3 August, 2004, expressing the Directorate of Civil Aviation's interest in beginning direct negotiations on a bilateral Open Skies agreement. An informal translation of the note follows below. We would appreciate the [...] |
2004-08-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL ECON ETRD KU |
| 04KUWAIT2496 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and representatives from the Indian and Phillipines Embassies concerning the travel ban that both India and the Philippines have imposed, prohibiting their natio [...] |
2004-08-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
| 04KUWAIT2512 | INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIAL APPRAISES KSS [...] (C)SUMMARY: In an August 8 meeting with Charge, Interior Ministry Undersecretary LtGen Nasser Al-Othman said that the Ministry will not stop in its efforts to uncover militant activities in Kuwait. Al-Othman also spoke of a need to improve KSS and for the organization to be more aggressive in [...] |
2004-08-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT2523 | ANTI-TIP ACTION PLAN FOR KUWAIT DELIVERED [...] (U) On August 9, 2004, Charge delivered reftel Anti-TIP Action Plan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Ambassador Al-Babtain expressed surprise that the USG deals with all nations directly on this issue and recommended that Anti-TIP efforts be c [...] |
2004-08-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL KU |
| 04KUWAIT2524 | PRIME MINISTER'S AIDE REPORTS ALLAWI CRITICAL OF [...] Biographical information included. For biographical information, please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. During an August 8 meeting, Assistant U/S of the Diwan of the Prime Minister Shaykh Fawaz Saud Al-Sabah gave Poloff a readout of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's July 30 meeting with K [...] |
2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU IZ MOPS EAID EFIN PTER |
| 04KUWAIT253 | SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JANUARY 23: VISIT OF [...] SUMMARY: Local media reports that the Kuwaiti government has agreed to "substantial reduction" of the debt owed by Iraq to Kuwait in response to the visit to Kuwait on January 22 by Special Presidential Envoy James Baker provided Kuwait's National Assembly approves this policy. Prime Minister [...] |
2004-01-24 09:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2542 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: IMPACT ON US MILITARY CONTRACTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff spoke on August 10 with the two major US military contractors transporting supplies for US operations in Iraq, to see how the travel ban preventing Indian and Filipino workers from entering Iraq is affecting their operations. Altanmia, which holds the Defense Energy Sup [...] |
2004-08-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP |
| 04KUWAIT2567 | KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ACTIVITIES TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Emboffs visited border-crossing points on the Kuwait-Iraq border to identify future construction sites for a planned Kuwaiti border barrier and to seek context for GOK reports of friction with Iraqi border patrols (reftel). Both Kuwait and Iraq appear determined to [...] |
2004-08-12 07:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT2596 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petroleum Council; Kuwait Petroleum Company CEO Nader Al-Sultan tenders his resignation; the GOK moves forward in its hunt for gas supplies; a fourth refinery is pl [...] |
2004-08-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR |
| 04KUWAIT2630 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 14-16: TERRORISM; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: While hand-wringing over the origins and motives of as many as 20 Kuwaiti extremists arrested for suspicion of al- Qaeda ties and terrorist plots, the fighting in Najaf rose as the primary topic of discussion in the Kuwaiti media. Some commentators saw an insidious Iranian influence i [...] |
2004-08-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2701 | UPU POC DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] Acting PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Fayez Al-Jassim on August 22. Al-Jassim said he has received many requests from other states seeking election to the Universal Postal Union Postal Operations Council (POC) and said he would r [...] |
2004-08-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KU |
| 04KUWAIT2741 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMPI KU UNGA |
| 04KUWAIT2742 | LOCAL PRESS TRACKS KUWAITI JIHADIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: News dailies continue to report on the still-breaking story of widespread arrests of suspected Islamic extremists here. The reporting stream began with the July accounts of the repatriation of four Kuwaiti minors caught in Syria by local security forces on their way to join anti- [...] |
2004-08-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC KU |
| 04KUWAIT2747 | GOK CONCERNED WITH TONE OF DISCUSSIONS OVER AIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following A/S Bloomfield and PDASD Flory's August 20 meeting in Washington with the Kuwaiti Charge concerning the GOK's decision to suspend assistance-in-kind (AIK) fuel for operations in Iraq effective September 4 in the absence of a formal contract, Acting Minister of Foreign [...] |
2004-08-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT276 | (U) DRUGGED OUT: NON-CITIZENS LACK ACCESS TO BEST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-26 04:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT2771 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF [...] (S) The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry responded to reftel requests regarding the transfer of one Kuwaiti national from Guantanamo to Kuwait and has agreed to all prisoner transfer conditions. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the text of the MFA diplomatic note received on Augu [...] |
2004-08-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT2772 | GOK AWAITS NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR MNF-I FUEL CONTRACT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) CDA was called to a meeting with Minister of Energy Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd on August 24 to discuss the MNF-I fuel. The Minister said that he had been tasked by the GOK to resolve the matter, in response to the recent meeting in Washingt [...] |
2004-08-24 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT2783 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...] |
2004-08-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO |
| 04KUWAIT2800 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT August 24-25: Human Rights, [...] SUMMARY: The long-awaited recognition by the government Kuwait of an NGO dedicated to human rights became a lightning rod for comments both for and against. Many commentators condemned the violent incursion of Coalition forces into Najaf, and others continued to discuss extremist ideologies a [...] |
2004-08-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2816 | KUWAIT DRAFT PRIVATIZATION LAW [...] Summary: On 21 August, the GOK Economic and Legal Ministerial Joint Committee released the draft text of a new privatization law. The law calls for the formation of a Supreme Privatization Council, headed by the Prime Minister, and calls for privatization of public utilities and services. Th [...] |
2004-08-29 03:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV BEXP ETRD BTIO KU |
| 04KUWAIT2873 | NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN TO ENSURE CONTINUED FUEL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Initial discussions between the USG and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to ensure KPC's continued provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies began on August 30. The KPC delegation [...] |
2004-08-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT2900 | (SBU) AMB PROSPER DISCUSSES GTMO, SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper met with a Government of Kuwait (GOK) delegation on August 26 to discuss Kuwaiti detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the trial of Saddam Hussein. The delegation acknowledged receipt of post's notificatio [...] |
2004-09-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT2907 | FUEL FOR IRAQ: ONE MONTH REPRIEVE FROM CUT-OFF [...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and USG delegations met again on September 1 to continue discussions over Kuwait's provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies for US forces, which KPC had been instructed to terminate on September 4. KPC Chairma [...] |
2004-09-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT294 | (SBU) MFA REVIEWS RECIPROCITY [...] (SBU) Post has received the following diplomatic note (in Arabic; informal translation by Post): BEGIN TEXT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Protocol Top Urgent Circular 50003 January 18, 2004 MFA - Protocol Department - sends its compliments to all the diplomatic mis [...] |
2004-01-27 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC AMGT KU |
| 04KUWAIT295 | (U) PROJECT KUWAIT: CHEVRONTEXACO BRIEFS SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with ChevronTexaco Kuwait Manager Hani Iskander on January 13. During the course of their conversation, the two discussed the status of Kuwait's long-delayed northern oilfields project (Project Kuwait [...] |
2004-01-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD EINV KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3032 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT: YOUSEF QARADAWI'S [...] SUMMARY: Friday's (9/3) edition of leading Arabic daily al-Rai al-A'am contained a transcription of an interview given in Cairo by Islamist Dr. Yousef Qaradawi. In answer to a question about the religious propriety of kidnapping Americans in Iraq and mutilating their corpses, Qaradawi reported [...] |
2004-09-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT3033 | IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: NEPAL ENFORCES BAN ON ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the murder of 12 Nepali workers in Iraq, Nepal is enforcing a travel ban to prevent its nationals from entering Iraq. US military officials and emboffs briefed Nepalese Charge Lok Bahadur Thapa on security and welfare provisions for Nepalis traveling in US military c [...] |
2004-09-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3056 | LETTER FROM KUWAITI DETAINEE AT ABU GHARAIB AND [...] (U) Local Kuwaiti Arabic daily "Al Watan" published an article September 8 reporting excerpts of a letter from Abdarrahmane Al Badali, a Kuwaiti detained at Abu Gharaib prison in Iraq, and the response from Al Badali's father. The son's letter, poorly written in undereducated idiom, asserts in [...] |
2004-09-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3148 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT SEPTEMBER 10-13: 9/11, [...] SUMMARY: The anniversary of 9/11, arriving just after an extended crackdown here on Islamists allegedly planning terror operations in Kuwait and Iraq, has apparently forced many commentators to take an uncharacteristic look within. Many decry the lack of progress the Arab World has made as th [...] |
2004-09-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT3190 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQ, [...] (U) In a forty-five minute meeting on September 15, the morning after arrival in country, Ambassador LeBaron presented copies of credentials to Foreign Minister Shaikh Muhammad Al-Sabah. The Foreign Minister was joined by Undersecretary Khalid Jarallah, Office Director Shaikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, [...] |
2004-09-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP KU |
| 04KUWAIT3194 | GOK ATTENDANCE AT G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI ECON KU UNGA |
| 04KUWAIT326 | MEPI EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAO and APAO met with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Rashid al-Hamad, to discuss the MEPI Partnership Schools concept and other issues. The minister told us that he is interested in principle in working with the USG in establishing 2-3 such schools in Kuwait, and said that he [...] |
2004-01-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO OEXC XF KU |
| 04KUWAIT3262 | KUWAITI MFA SAYS GOK WILL NOT ENFORCE BAN ON [...] (C) During introductory meeting with MFA Chief of Protocol Walid al-Khubaizi on September 20, Khubaizi told Ambassador LeBaron that he would be meeting later that day with the Indian and Filipino Ambassadors and via conference call with the Nepali Ambassador resident in Riyadh. On instruction [...] |
2004-09-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PBTS MOPS KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3320 | FAILAKA FOUR FREE ON BAIL [...] (U) News dailies reported September 21 that four of the suspects allegedly involved in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island attack, Adnan Asad Al-Kandari, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kandari, Yousef Ahmed Al-Kandari, and Ghazi Faisal Al-Tarrah, were released on KD 200 bail (approximately USD 670) but r [...] |
2004-09-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT3365 | EXTRADITION OF GUANTANAMO KUWAITI PRISONER, NASSER [...] The upcoming release of one of the twelve Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo Naval Base, Nasser Najd Al-Mutairi, is front page news here, as the press reports an expected transfer date back to Kuwait before Ramadan, o/a October 15. Quoting the Foreign Minister, Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Al-S [...] |
2004-09-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KU |
| 04KUWAIT3369 | KUWAITI DETAINEES IN U.S. CUSTODY: MFA AFFIRMS [...] (C) Political Chief met September 26 with MFA Director of Coordination and Follow-up, Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, to deliver information on the designation of a Kuwaiti national as an enemy combatant (Ref A and Septel) and to receive information on the verdict against detainee Adel Zamil A [...] |
2004-09-27 04:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KU |
| 04KUWAIT3371 | IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROMISES INCREASED [...] SUMMARY. The recently appointed Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtyar Amin, attended the 46th meeting of the Tripartite Technical Sub-committee held in Kuwait on 7 September under International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) auspices. This marks the first time that a member of the IIG [...] |
2004-09-27 04:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KPOW IO IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3374 | TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONALS WORKING FOR US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with DCM and a September 25 follow-up with US military officials, Turkish diplomats raised concerns about the treatment of Turkish drivers working for US military contractors and sub-contractors in Kuwait and Iraq. They said that the Turkish Embassy i [...] |
2004-09-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ TU |
| 04KUWAIT338 | CONTRACTING REQUEST RECEIVED AT EMBASSY KUWAIT FOR [...] Embassy Kuwait has received the following message for Ambassador Richard Jones, Deputy Administrator, CPA QUOTE: Anwar Al-Bisher & Partners Attorneys at Law 25 January 2004 Ambassador Richard Jones Deputy Administrator Coalition Provisional Authority Baghdad, Iraq SUBJECT: Urg [...] |
2004-01-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC BEXP KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT339 | (C) FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS STAFFDEL ABRAMOWITZ [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON KU |
| 04KUWAIT3391 | KUWAITI RUMOR MILL ON OVERDRIVE REGARDING IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: After two days of intense public speculation about a possible change of senior Kuwaiti leadership, post is unable to confirm persistent rumors that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad will be elevated to the post of Crown Prince or Amir. The rumors followed a September 2 [...] |
2004-09-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT346 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN KDEM KU |
| 04KUWAIT3462 | GCC DISCUSSES COMMON THREAT OF TERRORISM [...] (U) In preparation for an October 9-10 meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Interior Ministers in Kuwait, GCC Interior Ministry Undersecretaries met in Kuwait on October 2 and 3 to discuss the common threat of terrorism and what steps the Council could take to further bolster their cooper [...] |
2004-10-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU BA YM QA UE OM |
| 04KUWAIT3465 | KUWAITI FM SAYS FUEL ISSUE RESOLVED; DRIVER ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a 50-minute meeting on October 4, Ambassador and Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammed committed to continued fuel for U.S. forces in Iraq, to be supplied at "close to zero" cost. The FM said that signing of a contract was a necessary political/legal formality and asked that U.S. team be [...] |
2004-10-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT350 | (C) TIP: KUWAITI EFFORT TO HELP REPATRIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia is working with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the Indonesian Embassy to expedite repatriation of domestic servants stranded in Kuwait, and to ensure payment of wages owed to them. He hopes to be able to extend this initiative to Filipin [...] |
2004-01-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL KU ID RP |
| 04KUWAIT3504 | CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...] |
2004-10-07 05:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3511 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT3525 | SHAYKH JABER RECEIVES AMBASSADOR,S CREDENTIALS [...] (C) In a quick, well-choreographed October 12 ceremony, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Shaykh Jaber at the Amiri Diwan. The Ambassadors from Japan, Azerbaijan, and Canada presented credentials in succession before the Amir received the Ambassador and the six senior members of the [...] |
2004-10-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT3529 | REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...] This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. 2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), requesting post's assistance in resolving the cas [...] |
2004-10-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3544 | AL-SABAH INSIDER SAYS U.S. DOESN'T VALUE KUWAIT; [...] (S/NF) Summary: In early fall 2004, PolOff met several times with a senior Shaykh from the Al-Sabah ruling family who works in the Prime Minister's office and has daily interaction with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad. The interlocutor, who is in his forties and has a prominent lineage, [...] |
2004-10-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3546 | SHIITE LEADER SAYS GOK FEARS ISLAMISTS, URGES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Shiite religious cleric Sayed Mohammed Bakr al-Mohri, an outspoken advocate for Kuwait's Shia population and a vocal critic of the GOK, lamented that although Kuwait's Shia had recently made great gains, the GOK was "fearful" of conservative Sunni [...] |
2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IZ IR |
| 04KUWAIT3547 | PAKISTAN BAN ON DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 04KUWAIT3548 | KUWAITI CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Chief of Naval operations, Admiral Vern Clark, met with Kuwait Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Fahed, on October 11 and discussed the state of the bilateral relationship. Fahed asserted that the bilateral relationship is now based on mutual desires and interes [...] |
2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER KU |
| 04KUWAIT3578 | KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER SEES "NO PROBLEM" WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met on 18 October 2004 with H.E. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss the A/S Lincoln Bloomfield and DASD Peter Flory delegation's 19-20 October visit to finalize a contract for Kuwait's continued provision of fuels for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ambassador rei [...] |
2004-10-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MOPS PREL EAID MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3592 | ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION NOW ON FAST TRACK [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-21 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU KLEG |
| 04KUWAIT3607 | MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD Flory and the Ambassador that the GOK request for a fuel contract (for fuel supply to the U.S. for use in Iraq) was simply an administrative issue and easily [...] |
2004-10-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER |
| 04KUWAIT3633 | JUSTICE MINISTER: U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FLAWED, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 23, Justice Minister Ahmed Baqer disputed U.S. claims of a corruptible judiciary, increased censorship, and preferential treatment of Kuwaiti nationals and discussed what he sees as numerous mistakes in the 2003 Department Report on [...] |
2004-10-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT3635 | AMBASSADOR MEETS AL-SABAH GOVERNOR: FRANK TALK ON [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting, Mubarak al-Kabir Governor Shaykh Mubarak al-Humoud al-Sabah shared with Ambassador his view that a possible Amiri leadership succession in Kuwait would not include Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed. In addition, the Governor relayed concerns that [...] |
2004-10-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT3657 | AMBASSADOR AND KUWAITI PM REVIEW BILATERAL TIES, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 25 call on the Prime Minister, the Ambassador reviewed the main elements of the bilateral relationship. The Ambassador thanked the PM for Kuwait's steady cooperation on security matters and generous support for coalition efforts in Iraq, including provision of fu [...] |
2004-10-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM ECON KU |
| 04KUWAIT3658 | KUWAITI FM TELLS A/S BLOOMFIELD FUEL ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., PDASD Peter Flory, and the Ambassador that a fuel contract for OIF support was required by the GOK's constitutional framework and that Parliament would hold the [...] |
2004-10-27 04:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT366 | (S) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) Charge chaired Post's monthly Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) meeting January 26. (Visas Viper meeting reported septel.) The group agreed that the Embassy is taking all appropriate security measures. 2. (S) Embassy has facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between t [...] |
2004-02-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT367 | ARTICLE 98 [...] This is an action cable. See para 4. 2. (S) During his January 27, 2004 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter C.W. Flory, the Kuwait Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mo [...] |
2004-02-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT368 | U.S. DELEGATION MAKES PROGRESS ON CONTINUED [...] (C) During a series of meetings on January 27, 2004, U.S. Delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. made a concerted effort to ensure continued Kuwaiti AIK fuel supplies for the foreseeable future. Bloomfield, supported by a large DOD and St [...] |
2004-02-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3681 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah and arranging accommodations for your party at Bayan Palace, which is also where any bilateral meeting will take place. Despite the extremely poor [...] |
2004-10-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3682 | PRIME MINISTER REITERATES ECONOMY IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah summoned cabinet members, their deputies and key economic figures to Bayan Palace on October 23 to impress upon them his intent to move forward with economic reforms during the current legislative session, which was inaugurated on October 26. L [...] |
2004-10-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EPET KU |
| 04KUWAIT3683 | US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL |
| 04KUWAIT3684 | PHILIPPINES REQUESTS KUWAIT RECONSIDER DECISION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-27 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ RP |
| 04KUWAIT3726 | KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER WARNS IRANIANS OVER [...] (S) A senior official in the Prime Minister's Diwan told Poloff on October 31 that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed warned Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi during his October 25 visit to Kuwait that Iran should "look at Iraq" as an example of what happens to countries that de [...] |
2004-11-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL EPET KU IR IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3751 | WEAK AMIR PRESIDES OVER OPENING OF PARLIAMENT; [...] (C) A frail Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly session on October 26, marking the start of the second year of Kuwait's tenth National Assembly legislative term. The Amiri address, traditionally delivered by the Amir at the beginning of each session, was instead r [...] |
2004-11-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT3759 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO STUDY UNGA HUMAN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah during their November 2 meeting. He noted that Saudi Arabia had already agreed to support the U.S. position in favor of the Costa Rican resolution. The U/S said he would discuss the USG request with relevant [...] |
2004-11-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL KU UNGA USUN |
| 04KUWAIT3762 | KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT [...] (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's n [...] |
2004-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |