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| Kuwait says holds Iraq tugboat, crew in its waters |
| 2002-12-05 |
| Amid rising tension over a possible U.S.-led war in Iraq, Kuwait's navy stopped an Iraqi tugboat on Thursday after it entered Kuwaiti waters and arrested its crew of four, the official KUNA news agency reported. Major naval victory for the Imperial Kuwaiti Navy, bagged Tugboat Willy.. It quoted Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Hamad al-Sabah as saying he had asked the navy to turn over the four Iraqis to the interior ministry to determine their identity and take legal measures against them. The tugboat's seizure follows an incident on Tuesday in which Kuwait said an Iraqi vessel fired on Kuwaiti coast guard boats in the Gulf. Iraq denied involvement in Tuesday's incident and a U.S. military official said that there was no indication that any Iraqi vessel had fired on the Kuwaiti boats. Somebody here is not telling the truth. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 infowars.com infowars.com infowars.com let the real truth be known |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-12-07 22:01:56 |
| #4 Don't be too hard on the Kuwaitis: Given that an innocent-looking dhow stuffed full of explosives killed some of our sailors on the USS Cole, and the recent attack on the french oil tanker, I would stop ANY boat entering waters shared by the ships of my most important ally. Doesn't matter if it was or wasn't loaded with explosives: you stop it and check it yourself, rather than wait until it blows up and say, "doh!". They were being safe, rather than sorry, and can always escort the tug and its crew back to international waters after being searched and cleared. Far easier than stitching the bodies an ally's sailors back together... There are a lot of rumors flying around about a possible pre-emptive attack by Saddam before the 7th or 8th. Last report says he's popped down a bolt hole someplace: Time to start asking why... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2002-12-06 11:04:17 |
| #3 Well since the Iraqi Naval ship(log raft) fired(threw rocks) at Kuwaiti Coast Guard ships the Kuwaiti ships(Rubber rafts) stopped the Iraqi "Tug boat" and all was safe in the Gulf for awhile. My guess is the Iraqi crew were glad as hell to get off that thing, Plus they were able to see all their cohords in Kuwait. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-12-06 03:39:59 |
| #2 Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps neither of the crews could hit water if they fell out of their boats... |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-12-05 16:03:20 |
| #1 Somebody here is not telling the truth. Two Arab countries, what do you expect? |
| Posted by: Raj 2002-12-05 16:01:39 |