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| Kuwait approves U.N. anti-terror financing treaty |
| 2005-02-07 |
| Kuwait, cracking down on militants behind a surge in al Qaeda-linked violence, approved on Sunday a draft law for the oil-rich Gulf Arab state to formally join a U.N. treaty on curbing terror financing. "The Council of Ministers discussed a draft law to approve the State of Kuwait joining the international treaty to combat terror financing, and the council has decided to approve it," the cabinet said in a statement after its weekly meeting. The draft was referred to the ruler of the country, Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah for approval, before it is moved to parliament for final ratification. A government official told Reuters the draft refers to an anti-terror financing resolution by the U.N. Security Council after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The measure require U.N. member states to freeze the assets of any person or group suspected of ties to al Qaeda and orders governments to block suspects' movements and bar them from obtaining arms or funds, among other things. Tiny Kuwait recently tightened security nationwide following a number of clashes between police and militants believed linked to al Qaeda planning to launch anti-Western attacks there. Security forces are hunting down the militants since last month and rounded up Kuwaiti, Saudi and other Arab suspects. |
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