| Date: 25/06/2012 Time: 09:00:00 AM |
02 4 GEN 0127 KUWAIT /KUNA-JTT9
KUWAIT-POWS
In memory of Kuwait's POWs
June 25, 2012
It has been more than 20 years since the brutal Saddam invasion and
occupation of Kuwait, and the fate of many of the 600 Kuwaiti and other POWs
is still unknown.
The POWs; men, women, children, and elderly, were rounded up from the
streets and homes of Kuwait by the Iraqi forces, who 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 to establish their whereabouts or
ascertain their fate.
Only 236 remains have been found and identified so far.
Since that time, the families of these POWs are suffering and yearning to
lay their loved ones to rest, unable to be reunited with them. |