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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 KUWAIT 001676 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA/ARP, OSD FOR ASD/DPMO CRONAUER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
SUBJECT: NOVEMBER 11-13 TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL 
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS IN KUWAIT 
 
REF: KUWAIT 909 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Summary: On November 11 and 13, respectively, 
Kuwait hosted the 55th session of the Tripartite Commission's 
Technical Subcommittee (TSC) and the 30th Tripartite 
Commission (TC) Meeting.  Representatives from Iraq, Saudi 
Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and the 
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were in 
attendance.  At the TSC, Kuwait reiterated its request to the 
U.S. for assistance with satellite and high altitude imagery 
research and analysis and requested a meeting with 
representatives from the U.S. National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to discuss cooperative 
efforts in locating mass grave sites in Iraq. Kuwait, Iraq, 
the UK and ICRC agreed to coordinate on interviewing several 
witnesses.  There was no new information on CAPT. Speicher. 
His DNA profile remains in the Kuwaiti database and continues 
to be checked against all newly received profiles.  The next 
TSC meeting will take place on February 12, 2008 in Kuwait. 
 
SIPDIS 
The next TC meeting will take place in Kuwait on November 12, 
¶2008.  End Summary. 
 
Imagery Analysis Request Status 
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¶2. (SBU) The 55th session of the TSC was held in Kuwait on 
November 11, 2007.  The U.S. delegation informed TSC 
participants that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency (NGA) assets were engaged in various operations and 
unable to provide imagery analysis assistance, as previously 
requested by the Kuwaiti delegation, to aid in the effort to 
locate mass grave sites in Iraq.  The ICRC, Kuwaiti, and 
Iraqi delegations reiterated their request for such technical 
assistances and offered to fly teams to Washington to meet 
with imagery analysts.  The Kuwaiti delegation added that 
reliable sources have indicated general locations of possible 
mass grave sites, and that analysis of aerial or satellite 
imagery taken from the 1990-1991 era over southern Iraq is 
needed to further pinpoint site locations. 
 
Witnesses 
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¶3.  (SBU) The Iraqi delegation reported that its efforts to 
convince a witness with supposed knowledge of grave sites in 
Kuwait were to no avail.  Kuwait reiterated its assurances 
that no legal action would be taken against the witness 
should he come to Kuwait.  The ICRC encouraged continued 
efforts and expressed its hope for a positive result by the 
next TSC. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) ICRC reported contact with a witness in London, but 
stated that he had no further information to add regarding 
the location of grave sites.  The TSC agreed to follow-up by 
forwarding written questions penned by the Iraqi delegation 
to the witness. 
 
¶5. The repatriation of 40 human remains took place 
successfully on September 5, 2007 and the National Committee 
for the Missing and PoW Affairs forwarded to the Iraqi 
delegation DNA profiles of the remains. 
 
Updates 
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¶6.  No exhumation activities were conducted by Kuwait.  The 
Kuwaiti delegation reported that to date, the identification 
of the remains of the following has been performed: 
 
--Remains found 
329 remains found in Iraq 
18 remains found in Kuwait 
 
--Identifications to date 
208 Kuwaitis identified 
6 Saudis 
1 Omani 
2 Lebanese 
1 Egyptian 
3 Iranians 
12 unidentified citizenship 
233 total 
 
New Iraqi Law 
 
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¶7.  The Iraqi delegation explained that the GOI has entered 
into force a law on the protection of gravesites.  Since this 
law is not mentioned in the protocols set by the 25th TC 
meeting held in Baghdad in June 2003, the Iraqi delegation 
invited the TSC to establish a legal committee to amend TC 
protocol to include text of this law.  These amendments were 
adopted by the TC on November 13. 
 
Speicher Update 
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¶8. There was no new information on CAPT. Michael S. 
Speicher's case.  His DNA profile remains in the Kuwaiti 
database and continues to be checked against all newly 
received profiles.  The U.S. delegation renewed its 
commitment to continue the effort to resolve CAPT. Speicher's 
case. 
 
Next TSC Meeting 
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¶9. The next TSC meeting will take place on February 12, 2008 
in Kuwait.  The next Tripartite Commission Meeting will take 
place in Kuwait on November 12, 2008. 
 
¶10.  Activities to be undertaken before the next session are: 
 
- The U.S. delegation agreed to relay the request for use of 
satellite or high altitude imagery analysis to the U.S. 
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and inform the 
ICRC of the outcome.  France and the UK also agreed to 
investigate with their respective governments whether any 
technical assistance is available to assist with this matter. 
 
 
- TC members will continue to try to convince suspected 
witnesses to provide details on mass graves sites. 
 
- The Kuwaiti delegation will continue to try to match DNA 
samples in the effort to resolve the case of CAPT. Speicher's 
case. 
 
¶11. Delegations: 
 
Republic of Iraq 
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H.E. Dr. Abdelkarim A. Shallal Head of Delegation 
Mr. Kazem M.K. Al-Anzi 
Mr. Yaqoob Kh. Haider 
Mr. Ali M. Thumad 
Mr. Shorouq H. Obaid 
 
State of Kuwait 
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H.E. Dr. Ibrahim M. Al-Shaheen, Head of Delegation 
H.E. Ambassador Khalid M. Al-Maqamis 
Mr. Fozan Al-Fozan 
Mr. Rabea Al-Adsani 
Dr. Mohammad Al-Haddad 
Dr. Soltan Al-Khalaf 
 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
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H.H. Prince Turki Bin Mohammad Bin Saud Al-Kabir, Head of 
Delegation 
MG Nasser Bin Saad Al-Hmeidan 
MG Dr. Abdelrahman Bin Mohammad Al-Sherif 
Mr. Jamal Bin Hossein Akeel 
Mr. Zuhair M. Al-Idrissi 
BG  Ahmad M. Omar 
LTC Khalid Al-Treiri 
Mr. Fahad Al-Juraid 
 
Republic of France 
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Mr. Frederic Lallier, Head of Delegation 
 
United Kingdom 
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Ambassador Stuart Laing, Head of Delegation 
Ms. Heidi Minchell 
 
 
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United States 
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CDA Alan Misenheimer, Head of Delegation 
Mr. Adrian Cronauer 
Mr. Thomas Rosenberger 
 
International Committee of the Red Cross 
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Mr. Dominik Stillhart, Chairman of the TC, ICRC Deputy 
Director of Operations 
Mr. Jean-Michel Monod, Chairman of the TSC, Regional Delegate 
for the GCC Countries 
Mr. Raoul Bittel, Desk Officer for the Middle East, ICRC 
Geneva 
Mr. Juan Pedro Schaerer, Head of Delegation ICRC Iraq 
Ms. Jamila Al-Hammami, Delegate for 'Missing' files for Iraq 
Mr. John Strick van Linschoten, Protection Delegate, ICRC 
Kuwait 
Ms. Dalia Emrazian, Protection Department 
 
 
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: 
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Visit Kuwait's Classified Website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ 
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