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Kuwaiti Spy Planned to Poison U.S. Troops
A Kuwaiti soldier accused of spying for Iraq was working on plans to poison a large number of American soldiers, a well-connected Kuwaiti newspaper reported Saturday. The alleged spy, Sgt. Mohammed Hamad al-Juwayed of the Kuwaiti National Guards, also was helping Iraqi agents infiltrate the country with the aim of assassinating Kuwaiti politicians and blowing up oil and power facilities, according to the newspaper Al-Watan.I'm not surprised. What I'm surprised at is that they've only found one. Prior to Gulf War I, the U.S. grabbed them by the handful... The Interior Ministry announced al-Juwayed's arrest on Friday, saying he "provided security and military information to the Iraqis and spied on movements of senior Kuwaiti officials with the intent of facilitating terrorist and sabotage operations." The ministry did not mention any attempt to spy on or attack U.S. forces in Kuwait. But Al-Watan, an independent paper known to have reliable contacts in the Interior Ministry, said the 40-year-old sergeant was involved in a plot to kill "a large number of (U.S.) soldiers through poisoning their food." An act of unparalleled Iraqi bravery... Al-Watan said the Iraqis asked al-Juwayed, a food supervisor in the military, to provide information about the catering companies employed by the American forces in Kuwait. Last month, more than 250 American military personnel suffered food poisoning at a camp south of Kuwait City. The U.S. military concluded the outbreak was an isolated case of salmonella poisoning caused by unsanitary conditions. Probably a natural outbreak. A little ricin added to the mashed potatoes and it would have been a lot worse... "We were shocked that a Kuwaiti national would be connected to the Iraqi regime and its intelligence," Sheik Ahmed Fahd Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the information minister, told the Kuwait News Agency on Saturday. He added the arrest was a "freak case." And he's probably right, but in any significant number of people there will statistically be a few freaks. I hope they're actively looking for any more that are there. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-19 |
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