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Kuwait Thwarts Al Qaeda Plot

KUWAIT CITY (Associated Press) – Kuwaiti authorities announced Tuesday they have arrested
an al‐Qaida‐linked group that was planning to attack a key U.S. military base in the small oilrich
state. The Interior Ministry said in a brief statement that State Security detained a
“terrorist network” of six Kuwaitis who gave “detailed confessions” about plans to bomb
Camp Arifjan, the main U.S. base in the country, as well as the headquarters of the country’s
security agency, in addition to other facilities it did not name.

The statement did not provide any details. However, Kuwait’s Alrai daily quoted anonymous
security sources on Tuesday that the group had confessed to buying a truck which it
intended to load with fertilizer, chemicals and gas cylinders and ram into the camp. It was
unlikely the attack on the vast American logistics and supply facility in the desert south of
Kuwait City would have been successful due to high security.

August 12, 2009 - Posted by intlxpatr | Crime, Experiment, Kuwait, Law and Order, Leadership, Living Conditions, Safety, Work Related Issues