Dubai: Kuwait has thwarted a terror
attack against US military base with the arrest of six
suspected militants linked to Al-Qaeda who allegedly planned
to attack during the month of Ramadan, the authorities said.
"State security has uncovered a terrorist network of
six citizens connected with Al-Qaeda who planned to bomb Camp
Arifjan, the state security building and other important
facilities," the Interior Ministry said in a statement
yesterday.
According to a Kuwait Times report, Kuwait security
authorities received information from Bahraini authorities
about a terrorist cell in Kuwait working with another sleeper
cell in Bahrain.
A day prior to the announcement from the Interior
Ministry, the US Embassy in Kuwait issued a Warden's Notice
updating "on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and
violence against American citizens and interests throughout
the world".
The suspects confessed to planning an attack on the
Arifjan base, which lies south of the Kuwaiti capital close to
the Saudi border, the ministry said.
The attack was planned to be carried out during the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts on around August
20.
Bureau Report
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First Published: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 13:54