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| Kuwait authorities detain several in American’s slaying |
| 2003-01-22 |
| Authorities have detained a number of people in the ambush of an SUV that killed one American and wounded another, sources at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information said Wednesday. They are described as Kuwaitis who went to Afghanistan to train with the Taliban and al Qaeda and then returned home. Oh, that's a big surprise. How about picking up anybody who ever went to Afganistan for questioning? Meanwhile, a camera at an intersection in Kuwait City may have recorded an ambush Tuesday in which one American civilian was shot dead and another was wounded when 24 bullets were pumped into their SUV. Authorities were reviewing the images, used for traffic monitoring, to see what it shows, a Kuwaiti official said. The video will most likely show up on a al-Qaeda website. The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, Richard Jones, called the incident "a terrorist attack." No kidding! Michael Rene Pouliot, 46, of San Diego, California, died at the scene, according to the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. David Caraway, who was driving the vehicle, suffered six gunshot wounds but is expected to survive, authorities said. Both men were contract workers for the U.S. military, employed by Tapestry Solutions, a San Diego, California-based company whose Web site says it has "specialized in the area of military modeling and simulation training tools." The men were ambushed on the road leading from Camp Doha, the main U.S. Army base in Kuwait. Kuwaiti authorities and U.S. officials are searching for the attacker or attackers, who police said likely hid in a tree-lined area beside the road and opened fire when the Americans' vehicle pulled up to the intersection. At least 24 bullets from an AK-47 hit the vehicle, police said. More like this to come, I fear. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 You can't defend every civilian everywhere in the world. The unfortunate thing is that guys like this may be hosed by insurance. Perhaps e-mails of support to their employer would be appropriate. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-01-22 14:53:40 |