Kuwait Authorities Arrest Eight Suspected to Carry out Attacks on US Soldiers

Published November 7th, 2000 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Kuwait authorities have arrested eight people Tuesday on charges of plotting to carry out attacks on US soldiers in the country, reported Al-Jazira satellite channel 

The report added that two of the suspects are Kuwaiti policemen, while the rest are Yemenis and Syrians. 

Al-Jazira report said that the interior ministry declined to comment on the arrest. 

US forces were put on high alert in Kuwait and Bahrain for fear of terrorist attacks, after a warship was bombed in mid-October in the Yemeni city of Aden – Albawaba.com  

 

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