SUBJECT: THE LATEST FROM KUWAIT<br>
DATE REC'D: 14/01/0605Z<br>
TO: ALL<br>
FROM: KUWAIT<br>
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FOLLOWING NEWS REPORT WAS SENT BY HAND OVER  THE  KUWAIT  BORDER<br>
YESTERDAY.<br>
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AT THIS MOMENT WE CAN HEAR SHELLING AND SOUND OF BOBMBARDMENT ON
THE BE'DE COAST THIS HAS BEEN GOING  ON  FOR  SEVERAL  DAYS  AND
COMING FROM THE BORDER AREAS AS WELL AS FROM THE BEACH  SIDE  IT
SEEMS THEY ARE EITHER PRACTICING OR PUTTING  THEIR  GUNS  READY.
THERE IS LOTS OF KIDNAPPING OF KUWAITI CIVILIANS SPECIALLY YOUNG
PEOPLE IN SOME CASES INTIRE FAMILIES WERE  TAKING  AWAY.  INTIRE
FAMILIES HAD BEEN ARRESTED INCLUDING THE HUSBANDS,  WIVES  SONS,
AND DAUGHTERS . WE HAVE HEARD THAT AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF  ARREST
AND QUESTIONING THE LADIES AND CHILDLREN WERE RELEASED WHILE THE
MAN AND HIS YOUNG BOYS TAKEN AWAY TO IRAQ PRISONS. MOST OF THOSE
CAPTURE ARE CIVILIANS AND THEY  ARE  NOT  INVOLVED  IN  ANY  ACT
AGAINST OCCUPATION FORCES. THEY ARE PURELY A  CIVILIAN  PEACEFUL
PEOPLE. MOST OF THE CIVILIANS INQUESTIONED DID  NOT  COMMIT  ANY
CRIME AND THERE ARE NO CHARGES AGAINST THEM . WE FEEL THAT THESE
CIVILIANS ALONG WITH OTHER MILITARY PERSONAL  IN  IRAQI  PRISONS
WOULD BE USED AS A BARGAINING CARD. EITHER TO  GET  RANSOMS  FOR
THEM OR POSSIBLY GET THE  GOVERNMENT  TO  WAIVE  DEBTS  OR  DROP
ALLCLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION IN RETURN  FOR  THE  RELEASE  OF  THE
KUWAITI HOSTIGES. SOME PEOPLE SUSPECT THAT THESE KUWAIT HOSTIGES
MAYBE USED AS HUMAN SHEILD  AND  THEY  WILL  BE  DISTTRBUTED  AT
IMPORTANT AND STRATIGIC LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT IIAQ , THIS IS ONLY
A SPECULATION.  BUT  KNOWING  THE  IRAQI  REGIME  EVERYTHING  IS
POSSIBLE.<p>
     FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE WITNESSED NEW ACT  OF  TERROR
BY THE IRAQI AUTHORITIES AND THAT IS TO  RAID  MARKET  PLACES  ,
FOOTBALL YARDS AND ANY PLACE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE COULD BE  PRESENT
, THEN THE YOUNG KUWAITI PEOPLE WILL BE GATHERED AND  LOADED  ON
TRUCKS OR INTO BUSSES AND DRIVEN AWAY TO UNKNOWN  DESTINATION  .
FOLLOGING THAT THEIR FAMILIES CONSIDER  THEIR  BOYS  AS  MISSING
WITHOUT ANY ONE TO HELP THEM TO LOCATE THEIR BOYS , HOWEVER MOST
PEOPLE BELEIVE THAT  ALL  THOSE  CAPTURED  ARE  DRIVEN  DIRECTLY
ACCROSS THE BORDER INTO IRAQ. ONCE AGAIN THEY  ARE  NOT  CHARGED
WITH ANYTHING AND SIMPLY THEY WERE IN THE MARKET  PLACE  AT  THE
TIME OF THE RAID. THIS IS THE VERY SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT  AND  NOW
ALL FAMILIES URGE THEIR BOYS TO STAY AT HOME AND  NOT  TO  DRIVE
INTO THE STREET OR WALK.<p>
     ALSO THE OCCUPATION AUTHORITY ARE VERY BUSY  FOR  THE  LAST
FEW DAYS CONSDTRUCTING SHABBY HUTS ON BRIDGES NEAR ROUNZH ABOUTS
, STREET CORNERS, ON  TOP  OF  THE  BUILDING,  ON  WATER-TOWERS,
SCHOOLS, ELECTRICAL SUB-STATIONS , ETC ETC SOME  OF  THESE  HUTS
THEY WERE DEMOLISHED ONLY LAST MONTH BUT FOR  SOME  REASON  THEY
ARE RECONSTRUCTING  THEM  AGAIN.  THERE  ALSO  INCREASING  THEIR
CHECKPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ON THE OUTSKIRTS.<p>
     SOMETIMES A CHECKPOINT IS PRESENT IN THE MORNING  AND  WILL
DISAPPEAR FEW HOURS LATER, SO THAN YOU CAN EXPECT TO BE  STOPPED
AT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, AND BY ANYBODY INCLUDING THOSE DRESSED  IN
CIVILIAN CLOTHES BUT ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS.<p>
     THERE ARE LOTS OF PALESTENIANS  PARTICIPATING  IN  STOPPING
AND SEARCHING PEOPLE SPECIALLY AT NIGHT  TIME.  IT  IS  POSSIBLE
THEY ARE BELONG TO  ABUL-ABBAS  TERRORIST  MOVEMENT  AND  GIVING
ASSISTANCE TO THE IRAQIS.<p>
     FOR  THE  LAST  FEW  WEEKS  WE  HAVE   NOTICED   THAT   THE
PALESTENIANS ARE BEEING HEAVILY DEPLOYED .<p>
     UNDER  SUCH  CIRCUMSTADCES  THE  CIVILIAN  POPULATION   ARE
EXTREMELY WORRIED AND CONCERNED SINCE THEY MIGHT START  INVADING
HOUSES ONCE AGAIN AND TERRORISING THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH  FEAR
OF RANDOM, KILLING AND RAPING. THE SITUATION HERE IS VERY  TENSE
AND THE FUTURE LOOKS VERY GLOOMY AND VAGUE..  WE  HAVE  OVSERVED
MOVEMENT OF LONG ROCKETS HEADING SOUTH AND DIRECTED  TOWARD  THE
AREA TO THE WEST OF AHMADI . THESE  ROCKETS  COULD  BE  SOME  15
METERS LONG AND ONE WITNESS ESTIMATED THE NUMBER AT THAT TIME TO
BE 10 . THE ROCKET WERE TRANSPORTED BY LONG  TRAILERS  AND  THEY
WERE MOUNTED ON WHEELS .<p>
     NEAR ALMOST ANY  BRIDGE  THEY  HAVE  ERECTED  TWO  OR  MORE
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS WHICH ARE FAIRLY PROTECTED  BY  SAND  BARRIERS
AND LINED WITH SAND-BAGS . THIS SCENE IS BECOMING NORMAL  TO  US
SINCE DECEMBER 1990.<p>
     THEY ARE STILL WORKING AND BUILDING BARRIERS  AND  TRENCHES
AND CUBICAL HUTS ALL ALONG THE BEACH SIDE .  THEY  HAVE  STOPPED
TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ONONE SIDE OF THE BEACH ROAD (THE ONE NEARER TO
THE  BEACH)  EXCEPT  FOR  MILITARY  TRANSPORT.  WE   HAVE   BEEN
DISCUSSING WITH SOME OF THE SOLDIERS AND WE STILL  OBSERVE  THAT
THEIR MORAL IS DETERIOTING AND THEY DONOT WANT TO INTER  INTO  A
NEW WAR AND GET KILLED ONLY TO SATISFY THEIR LEADERS  AMBITIONS.
THIS IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE MOST OF  THEM  SAY  THEY  WILL  EITHER
SURRENDER OR  CHANGE  THEIR  UNIFORM  INTO  CIVILIAN  DRESS  AND
RUN-AWAY OR GO INTO HIDING.<p>
     WE OBSERVED THAT THERE ARE NO SOLDIERS IN THE  VICINITY  OF
THE  AMERICAN  AND  THE  BRITISH  EMBASSIES.  WHILE  ALL   OTHER
EMBASSIES ARE STILL BEING GUARDED.