US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT3041

UNCLAS KUWAIT 003041 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR TFUK01, S/ES-O, NEA/ARPI, AND NEA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, PGOV, PREL, PINR, KPAO, KISL, KU 
SUBJECT: TFUK01:  KUWAITI RESPONSE TO JULY 7 TERROR ATTACKS 
IN LONDON 
 
REF: SECSTATE 126055 
 
1.  (U)  The Kuwaiti government was quick to publicly condemn 
the July 7 attacks in London, reassert its commitment to the 
global war on terror, and call for the immediate capture of 
the perpetrators.  Acting Prime Minister and Minister of 
Defense Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the press, "Our 
religion, Islam, and all faiths and human values are 
rejecting these criminal ugly actions."  (Note: Prime 
Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was in 
the U.S. for a July 1 meeting with the President, had not 
returned to Kuwait when the attacks occurred. End Note) 
Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi said, "These 
terrorist actions are contravening all human values and 
principles" and "show the savageness of those behind them and 
how distant they are from humanity and Islamic values and 
morals."  He added, "All of the Kuwaiti people strongly 
condemn the attacks against the friendly, innocent people of 
Britain, which stood by the Kuwaiti just cause in all ordeals 
particularly the Iraqi invasion in 1990, and the recent 
terrorist action in our own beloved country."  Liberal MP 
Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager and moderate Shi'a Islamist MP Dr. 
Yousef Al-Zalzalah made similar comments. 
 
2.  (U)  According to the press, Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmad 
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah 
Al-Sabah, and the Prime Minister sent cables condemning the 
four explosions and expressing condolences on the tragic loss 
of life to Queen Elizabeth II and PM Tony Blair.  Foreign 
Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah also 
denounced the attacks in a cable to British Foreign Secretary 
Jack Straw. 
 
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