KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti authorities recently arrested a group of Kuwaitis for allegedly spying for the ousted Iraqi regime over 13 years after Kuwait's liberation in 1991. Al-Rai Al-Aam quoted security sources as saying the suspects provided the ousted Iraqi regime with information on the country's national security. A team of security officials currently in Iraq revealed the names of the suspects. "The State Security Department had probed the information provided by the team, which revealed the names of Kuwaitis involved in spying for the ousted Iraqi regime," said the sources. "Iraqi documents found by the team mention contacts and meetings between Kuwaiti agents and Iraqi intelligence officers in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon to deliver information on Kuwait's national security."
| Dontcha hate it when they find those incriminating documents? They're so hard to refute... |
The sources said the information conveyed by the suspects also included classified reports on the Kuwaiti Army, vital installations and the movements of allied forces, HH the Amir, HH the Crown Prince and First Deputy Premier. They added Iraqi intelligence documents found in the southern Iraqi city of Safwan also mentioned the Kuwaiti security fence erected on the country's northern border with Iraq and highlighted the difficulty to penetrate the fence. |