KUWAIT''S POWS

KUN0002 4 GEN 0119 KUWAIT /KUNA-KMC9
IN MEMORY OF
KUWAIT'S POWS
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2002

STILL AFTER 4,239 DAYS, OVER 600 KUWAITI AND THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS ARE
HELD UP IN IRAQI DETENTION CAMPS.
THESE PEOPLE WERE ROUNDED UP FROM KUWAIT'S STREETS AND HOMES BY THE IRAQI
REGIME FORCES, WHEN THEY INVADED THE COUNTRY ON AUGUST 2, 1990.
ALL CALLS AND APPEALS BY KUWAIT AND OTHER STATES AS WELL AS WORLD
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SO FAR FAILED IN MAKING IRAQ RELEASE KUWAIT'S POWS AND
ALLOW THEM TO REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES.
IRAQ HAS EVEN REFUSED TO DISCLOSE DETAILS ABOUT THESE POWS.
FOR OVER 11 YEARS NOW,THE FAMILIES OF KUWAITI POWS ARE SUFFERING AND
YEARNING TO KNOW ABOUT THE FATE OF THEIR BELOVED ONES.
(KUNA)