US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI1789

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TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INJURED IRAQIS

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI1789
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI1789 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-04-14 12:50:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                           April 14, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1789 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM                                 

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INJURED IRAQIS

Ref:      None                                                   
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 01789

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL 
    INFO:   RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON 

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: ECON:TWILLIAMS; POL:SWILLIAMS

VZCZCADI403
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDI
RUEHKU
DE RUEHAD #1789 1041250
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 141250Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9416
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHDI/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3038
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0842
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001789 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IRAQ TASK FORCE, ALSO NEA/ARP, NEA/RA, 
PRM/ANE, AND IO/UNP 
KUWAIT FOR HOC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM, IZ, TC 
SUBJECT:  TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO 
INJURED IRAQIS 
 
REF: ABU DHABI 1662 AND PREVIOUS 
 
1.  The Office of the Chairman of the General Health 
Authority for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Hamed bin Zayid 
Al-Nahyan publicly announced on April 13 that the UAE 
Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has been authorized to 
transport wounded Iraqi civilians to the UAE for 
medical treatment.  The spokesman said that the UAEG 
recognizes that Iraqi hospitals are simply overwhelmed 
by the number of patients, and the types of trauma 
encountered, since the onset of hostilities in Iraq. 
 
2.  According to press reports, each state-run 
hospital in Abu Dhabi Emirate reserves part of its 
facilities to treat foreign patients in extraordinary 
circumstances.  The medical care would be provided 
free of charge, and the RCA would arrange for the 
transport of the wounded from Iraq.  Comment: The 
announcement is not unusual for the UAEG, which also 
offered free medical treatment to wounded Palestinians 
following the devastation of the Jenin refugee camp 
last year.  We will seek to coordinate this effort 
with the RCA through the Humanitarian Operations 
Center (HOC) in Kuwait, and provide further details 
when we receive them.  End comment. 
 
Wahba 

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