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Security team to Riyadh for war on terror
KUWAIT CITY : A high-ranking Kuwaiti political-security delegation, headed by Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, will Saturday visit Saudi Arabia to expand cooperation between the two countries in their war against terrorism and sleeper cells in light of recent blasts in Saudi Arabia. Reliable sources say Sheikh Nawaf will meet with his Saudi counterpart Prince Nayef bin AbdulAziz to exchange information on several security issues. These sources said the Kuwaiti delegation, which also includes Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah, will meet with senior Saudi officials to exchange information on blasts which took place in Riyadh nearly two months ago and recent apprehension of a sleeper terrorist cell and confiscation of a large cache of weapons. The sources told the Arab Times the security situation following the capture of a sleeper al-Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia and the seizure of thousands of tons of explosives and ammunition found in the possession of the cell will be the centre of negotiations between the two sides. Reports said earlier the 16 arrested members of the cell included three Kuwaitis. The Kuwaiti delegation's visit to the Kingdom at this stage, the sources added, has political and security purposes mainly to enhance cooperation between GCC states to quell any attempts aimed at endangering the American presence in Iraq and arrangements made by the United States to establish the new Iraqi government including the formation of Iraq's Transitional Ruling Council. "The discovery of sleeper terrorist cells in Saudi Arabia brought up the need to coordinate with our brothers in the region. The threat from these cells could extend to Kuwait which also hosts a US military base," said the sources. They added the growing intensity of the war against al-Qaeda groups in the region may instigate some of these cells to carry out further attacks which can only be quelled through more coordination and cooperation amongst security authorities in GCC states. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-07-27 |
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