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| Foreign Workers Wounded in Kuwait Attack |
| 2003-12-15 |
| A drive-by shooting outside a port used by American forces wounded five foreign workers Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said. Officials said a suspect confessed to the shooting and attacks the day earlier on two U.S. convoys. The man allegedly shot at a bus carrying the workers, a Kuwaiti Interior Ministry official said. Once the man was arrested, he confessed to the shooting and the two separate attacks on the U.S. military convoys Sunday that slightly wounded four soldiers. "Yeah, I dunnit, and I would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for those dammed kids!" The Interior Ministry official said the workers were from India, Egypt and Syria, and the bus had the name of a local company on it. He said one of workers was seriously wounded. Lt. Col. Vic Harris told The Associated Press that Monday’s shooting happened just outside the Port of Shuaiba, south of Kuwait City. U.S. forces use the port for transporting equipment. It was not clear if the foreign workers were employed by the Kuwaiti government or contracted by Americans to work in the port, Harris said. Maybe he just doesn’t like furriners? |
| Posted by:Steve |