Kuwait heightened its security alert to the maximum level on Jan. 7. This is the second increase in the alert level since Dec 31 and it comes in conjunction with the US State Department warning on Dec. 15 of possible Islamic Jihadist attacks. It seems the Islamic militants have created numerous sleeping cells and made Kuwait an operational theatre for Al-Queda just like Saudi Arabia. Al-Queda has infiltrated the Kuwaiti military and even the Government is lenient on the Jihadists, which may be because it is afraid of a popular uprising.On January 6th Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah said that the recent arrests of some military officers, two of whom are to stand trial for planning attacks against U.S. military facilities, have no Al-Qaeda link. A day earlier the Kuwaiti Government denied a report that the Kuwaiti security forces were shot upon in the capital city. However, in December 2004, Osama Bin Laden, in a tape called for attacks on the oil installations in Middle East, which obviously include Kuwait. There are reports in the media that Kuwaiti security forces [are] sympathetic to Islamic militants. As the insurgents are flushed out from the Sunni triangle and Syrians are put on a warning notice not to help the insurgents, the militants may be looking into Kuwait for a safe hidden harbor. Up till now the Kuwaiti Government has dealt with the militants effectively. The numbers of Jihadist attacks are low in Kuwait compared with other countries in the neighborhood. But the large number of US forces and very strategic oil installations make the country a prime target for the Al-Queda.