-Caveat Lector- >From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2321307.stm > >Friday, 11 October, 2002, 18:11 GMT 19:11 UK >Kuwait's hidden threat to US > >The US military honours the marine killed in Kuwait > >By Frank Gardner >BBC security correspondent > > >There are growing signs that US forces and civilians in Kuwait face a bigger threat >than >was previously recognised. > >Following a fatal shootout on Failaka Island on 8 October, the Kuwaiti authorities >have been >rounding up dozens of friends and relatives of the two Kuwaitis who fired on US >Marines. > >Local security sources say the investigations are yielding some alarming results. > > >Jassem al-Hajeri was one of the two Kuwaitis killed >Maps, blueprints and >details of schools and residences where Americans live have all been seized, >according to >the respected Kuwaiti paper, Al- Qabas. > >US investigators suspect the two assailants were linked to Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda >network and received training in Afghanistan. > >Embarrassing > >Their actions have been condemned by Kuwaiti officials and also by mainstream Islamic >groups. > >For them, this is all very embarrassing. > >Kuwaitis may be privately critical of US policy towards Israel and the Palestinians. > >But most of the country's 800,000-plus nationals recognise that there is only one >thing >stopping their country becoming the 19th province of Iraq - the presence of nearly >10,000 >US troops on their soil. > > >Put simply, they want them to stay. But it is becoming increasingly clear that for a >small >minority of Kuwaiti extremists, their hatred of US policy overrides their national >sense of >self-preservation. > >At the funeral of the two gunmen killed when US Marines returned fire, there were >fiery >statements about martyrdom, holy warriors, and the need to fight America. > >Even before the shooting, a well-known university professor, Dr Abdullah Al-Nafisi, >was >interviewed saying that it was hard to "distinguish between what is American and what >is >Zionist". > >A recent statement attributed to Osama Bin Laden, he said, was "historic" and "filled >with >religious honesty". > >Even while Kuwaiti police were still rounding up suspects for Tuesday's shooting, >another >incident took place on a road leading towards Iraq. > >US soldiers driving in their Humvee jeep saw a passenger in another vehicle pointing a gun >at them. > >The Americans opened fire, forcing the Kuwaiti vehicle off the road, but sped on >themselves. > >Alarming precedent > >Compared to the massive conflagration that may erupt in the Gulf within months if America >goes to war with Iraq, these events are miniscule. > > >The injured marine recovering in hospital >But for Washington, >they have set an alarming precedent. If there was one Arab ally America feels it can >rely on >unequivocally, it is Kuwait. > >It still can and it still will. > >But not all the population shares its government's enthusiasm for this alliance. > >From now on, Americans living and serving in Kuwait are going to need eyes in the back of >their heads. > > > E-mail this story to a friend >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >A<>E<>R >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send >(but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's >important) >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without >charge or >profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of >information for >non-profit research and educational purposes only. >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + >"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth >shut." >--- Ernest Hemingway
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