US embassy cable - 03KUWAIT1297

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TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 40

Identifier: 03KUWAIT1297
Wikileaks: View 03KUWAIT1297 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2003-04-08 05:34:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS KUWAIT 001297 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT ALSO FOR USAID - DCHA/OFDA 
 
GENEVA FOR UNDRO AND LRCS 
 
USCINCCENT ALSO FOR POLAD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AEMR, AMGT, PREL, ASEC, CASC, EAID, KU 
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: KUWAIT SITREP NO. 40 
 
REF: KUWAIT 01292 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1. 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): 
 
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Security/Military 
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NSTR 
 
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Political 
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The  Polish Ambassador to Kuwait, Voycheck Bozil,  called 
the  Operations Center on April 7 at 1810 to request  USG 
assistance  in locating two Polish journalists  who  were 
apparently captured within an area approximately 100  km. 
from Al-Hilla, or Hilla, Iraq. Ambassador Bozik said  the 
journalists  rented a car from Kuwait, and  claimed  that 
they  had  received permission from the  US  military  to 
enter  Iraq.  His sources also claimed that  one  of  the 
journalists escaped from his captors on April 7  at  2:30 
p.m.  The names of the journalists are as follows: 
 
1. Jacek Kaczmarcek: Works for Polish Radio Number One 
2. Marchin Sirlej: Works for Polish Television T4N 
(Described as the Polish version of CNN). He can be 
reached at his mobile number: 982-4459. He said that the 
Polish MFA had formally contacted the State Department to 
request assistance.   This information was passed to PAO 
and OMCK Vice Chief for action. 
 
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Consular 
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NSTR 
 
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Management 
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NSTR 
 
3. COMMENTS: None 
 
4. STATUS OF PENDING REQUESTS: N/A 
 
JONES 

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