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Kuwait Hikes Security at Oil, Vital Sites
Kuwait has stepped up security around oil and vital installations after a weekend clash between police and gunmen planning a major attack near the country's largest oil refinery and a US military camp. "In the two incidents between 10 and 15 people, Kuwaitis and Saudis, were arrested," Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told reporters after briefing a parliamentary committee on the security situation. The gunbattle on Saturday was the latest in a series between Kuwait security forces and militants believed be sympathetic to Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda's leader. By raiding the gunmen's hide-out in the southern town of Umm Al-Haiman on Saturday, police thwarted plans of attacks on "sensitive" sites, Nawaf told the parliamentary committee. "Operations were aborted, which if it wasn't for God's mercy, would have resulted in hitting Kuwait's interests, sensitive sites and targets," Rashed Al-Hobeida, who heads Parliament's defense committee, quoted Sheikh Nawaf as saying.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-18
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=53959