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| Kuwait to buy Patriot missiles |
| 2007-10-13 |
 KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait is to buy an unspecified number of Patriot missiles from the United States, Defence Minister Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah told the state news agency KUNA on Friday.Sheikh Jaber, responding to questions about Washington’s sale of arms to Gulf allies, said “Kuwait has signed deals, not for airplanes, but for materiel such as ships and Patriot missiles.” He did not give any further details. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Possibly, but if the missiles start flying across the Persian Gulf, Kuwait's transportation network and petroleum facilities will need all the protection they can get. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-10-13 09:04 |
| #1 Many of which can be very quickly moved north to Iraq as needed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-10-13 01:31 |