| Kuwait has heightened security measures at vital installations and compounds housing scores of foreigners as a precautionary measure amid reports some al-Qaeda groups are freely moving in the region. These sources told Al-Anba the Interior Ministry has issued directives to the State Security Department, the Criminal Investigation and the Special Police Patrols Departments to intensify security and surveillance measures around embassies, hotels, airline offices and residential complexes housing westerners, particularly American and British citizens, in addition to malls and commercial complexes. The sources added a relatively large number of security patrols have been deployed on the country's borders to foil attempts by terrorists to enter the country, especially those who are wanted by Saudi authorities, to infiltrate into Kuwait. The heightening of security measures in the country were put in place after recent terrorist attacks in Riyadh. |