PACKET RADIO: As Kuait Was Invaded
(This text from the W8IZ packet radio bulletin
board. It's formatted to fit a 80 character screen.)
Message copied from WB2K who got it from W2JGR.
The following message was copied Sunday evening 8/12/90 by W2JGR from an amateur station in the Middle East.
SUBJECT: NEWS REPORT FROM KUWAIT DATE REC'D: 12/8/0908Z TO: ALL FROM: KUWAIT
THANKS FOR THE RELAY THE MESSAGES...AND HERE IS A SMALL REPORT FROM MY SELF YOU MAY TAKE AWAY MY NAME AND CALLSIGN ETC YOU MAY SEND TOTHE W.P OR TO ANY DESTINATION YOU FIND IT GOOD.
IRAQIS AND SINCE MANY DAYS ARE COMING INTO KUWAIT AS GROUPS OF HUNDREDS, AND THOUSANDS... THERE IS NO BORDER AND THEY ARE NOW OVER 100 THOUSAND OR MAYBE MORE INTERING KUWAIT. SOME OF THEM WITH BUSSES, AND OTHERS WITH CARS, BUSSES, AND LORRIES.
THEY TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE SHOPS AND SHOPPING-CENTERS AND FILL INTO THE LORRIES AND GO BACK TO IRAQ. THEY BREAK EVERY SHOPE...ALL THE CARS IN THE WAREHOUSES OF THE BIG COMPANIES, SUCH AS NISSAN, TOYOTA, ALL JAPANESE, MERCEDEZ, GENERAL MOTORS ETC ETC... ALL ARE BEEING TAKEN AWAY TO IRAQ.. AND WHATEVER THEY CANNOT TAKE THEY BURN OR DAMAGE. THEY TAKE ALL THE PARTS... SPARES PARTS ACCESSORIES, AND WHATEVER WAS IN THE NATIONAL , TOSHIBA, MITSUBISHI, PHILLIPS ETC ETC BREAKING THE SHOWROOMS AND TAKING EVERY SINGLE AWAY. IT IS A COMPLETE CHAOS.... WE NOTHING TO DEFEND OURSELVES... WE HAVE NO WEAPONS TO DEFEND OUR HOUSES AND CHILDREN AND THERE IS NO POLICE NO ARM ... NOTHING TO BRING SOMETHING INTO CONTROL...IT IS AN ABSOLUTE QUIET-CHAOS IT IS A QUIET-CHAOS .. BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESIST... NO BODY CAN RESIST... AND THEY JUST COME AND TAKE WHATEVER THEY LIKE .... ALL THE FOOD STORES... BEEN STOLLEN....THEIR PUBLIC ARMIES (PUBLIC ARMY.... THEY CALL IT EL-JAYSH EL-SHAABI) HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THEM...FULLY ARMED WITH GUNS ANIT IS A VERY SAD SITUATION FURTHER MORE....SOME PEOPLE OF INSIDE KUWAIT .. BAD PEOPLE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WHATEVER HE LIKES... STEELING AND TAKING CARS BURNING ETC ETC... NO CONTROL NOBODY CAN TELL THEM ANYTHING... BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL THINK THAT DAMAGES BEEN DONE BY IRAQIS ... AN IT IS NOT TRUE... THERE ARE MORE DAMAGE FROM PEOPLE INSIDE....FOR I AS I SAID THERE IS NO RULE NO GOVERNMENT NOTHING TO DEFENT THE PEOPLE OF KUWAIT INSIDE. FOOD AND ACCOMMODATIONS...NOW IN QUEUE YOU HAVE TO STAND IN LONG QUEUES IN FOUR LINES... 2 FOR MEN ANOTHER 2 FOR WOMEN.. AND FOR A BUT THE SUPERMARKETS DO NOT SELL MORE THAN 10 KD FOR EACH FAMILY IN A DAY... THE FAMILIES HAVE NO CASH MONEY, THEY CAN OFFER THEIR CREDIT CARDS OR THE BANK-ACCOUNT-NUMBERS , AND CAN TAKE ABOUT 10 KDAND DISTRIBUTED IN THE SUPERMARKETS FOR PEOPLE TO READ.. BUT ALL THE KUWAITIS...JUST SPITTING ON THOSE PAPERS AND SQUEEZING THEM BY THEIR FEET... NOBODY LIKES TO READ ANYTHING ABOUT ALL WHAT IS WRITEN I DID NOT TRY TO TAKE ONE THEY CALL THE MUBARAK-ALKABEER HOSPITAL THEY GAVE IT THE NAME SORRY I FORGOT THE NAME NOW HI.. BUT CHANGING NAMES ANYWAY...
E.O.F.
GA LOGOFF 73'S JULES DE XXX YYYYY DURATION: 15 MINS.
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I thought that that might be interesting to read. To the best of my typing ability, that is an exact replica of the message that I received. By the way, KD is the Kuwaiti currency.
73 de Jeff, N3GOB@KA3PLC.PA.USA.NA
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