KUWAIT: Remains believed to be of Kuwaiti people are being transported from Iraq to Kuwait. - KUNA

KUWAIT: Iraq had
announced earlier this year discovery of mass graves containing remains of what
was believed to be of Kuwaiti people held captive or went missing during Iraq's
invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990-91. DNA tests were underway in Kuwait
to determine identities of the remains. The following are major events related
to this issue:

June 20: A
tripartite committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
announced discovery of human remains in the Iraqi southern city of Al-Muthanna,
believed to be of Kuwaiti citizens who were rounded up by Iraqi forces during
the 1990-91 occupation.

July 1: Iraqi
Ministry of Defense said it would provide samples of the remains for the Kuwaiti
authorities.

August 2: Iraqi
Foreign Ministry said it identified what was believed to be identities of 32
Kuwaiti prisoners whose remains were in a mass grave in southern Iraq. It said
the mass grave, found in Al-Muthanna on March 6, consisted of 46 remains and
initial DNA tests showed 32 of them believed to be Kuwaitis.

August 6: UN
special representative to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert met with Iraqi
defense minister Najah Al-Shemmeri, and said collaboration between UN mission
in Iraq in collaboration, Kuwait and ICRC was successful.

August 8: Kuwait
receives, from Iraq, remains of 48 persons believed to be of Kuwaiti prisoners
and missing people killed during Iraq's 1990 invasion for DNA tests.

November 3:
Kuwait's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad
Al-Sabah said Kuwait recovered remains of 236 Kuwaitis who were missing during
the Iraqi invasion. They are out of 605 missing Kuwaitis, however only fate of
369 Kuwaitis were identified. The tripartite committee started operations in
March 1992. It consisted of representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
the US, France, Britain and ICRC. - KUNA