2003 in Kuwait

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2014)

|

* 2002
* 2001
* 2000
*   *

|  | 2003

Kuwait |

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
*   *

|
|
|

Decades:|

* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

See also:| Other events of 2003
List of years in Kuwait
Timeline of Kuwaiti history

The following lists events that happened during 2003 in Kuwait.

## Incumbents

[edit]

* Emir: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
* Prime Minister: Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (until 13 July), Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (starting 13 July)

## Events

[edit]

### January

[edit]

* January 20 - As part of the plan to invade Iraq, British defence secretary Geoff Hoon announces that 26,000 British troops and equipment including 120 tanks will be sent to Kuwait, joining the 5,000 troops already on their way there.[1]

### March

[edit]

* March 8 - Kuwaiti workers have been instructed to make 35 holes in the fence between Iraq and Kuwait, and that the Kuwaiti army is positioning tanks at these openings.[2] The Pakistan Daily Times reported that UNIKOM had found armed US Marines in the demilitarized zone along the fence last month.[3] CBC reported that 230 UN support workers have been ordered out of the demilitarized zone.[4]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "UK | UK sends 31,000 troops to Gulf". BBC News. 2003-01-20. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
2. ^ "Kuwait tanks along breached fence - Mar. 8, 2003". CNN.com. 2003-03-08. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
3. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
4. ^ "CBC News:UN withdraws workers from Kuwait border". Archived from the original on 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

* v
* t
* e

Years in Kuwait (1961–present)

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026
* 2027
* 2028
* 2029

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

* Kuwait portal

* v
* t
* e

2003 in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Burma (Myanmar)
*   * Cambodia
*   * China
* Cyprus
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
*   * North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
*   * Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
*   * Nepal
* Oman
*   * Pakistan
*   *   *   * Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
*   *   * Singapore
*   * Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste (East Timor)
*   * Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
*   *   * Yemen
*   *

States with limited
recognition

* Abkhazia
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan
*   *   *   *

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

*   *   * British Indian Ocean Territory
*   *   * Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
*   *   *   *   *   * Hong Kong
*   * Macau
*   *   *   *

This Kuwait-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This Middle Eastern history–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This year in Asia article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template