Kuwait is offering one million dollars for information on the fate of people missing since Iraq invaded the country more than 12 years ago, state-owned television said today.
Government officials said teams of investigators are in Iraq to search for the 605 so-called POWs, mostly Kuwaiti civilians, missing since the invasion and the 1991 US-led Gulf War which ejected Iraqi occupation forces from Kuwait.
"Kuwait has designated a one million dollar reward for anyone who presents accurate and confirmed information that might reveal the fate of innocent Kuwaiti POWs and lead to their return to their families and homes," an announcer on state-owned Kuwaiti television said.
An Interior Ministry official said teams already scouring Iraq had not found anything yet.
"Some officers from the Interior Ministry are working now in Iraq, searching for the POWs or any information on them, but they haven't found anything yet," he said.
Kuwaiti television has been running an advertisement for at least a week imploring Iraqis to come forward with information on people missing from Kuwait.
"To our Iraqi brothers. Our POWs are your brothers. Help us to find them," the advertisement says.