Security forces Tuesday arrested at least 10 Islamic extremists, including three persons from one house in Jaber Al-Ali area, when they conducted raids at several locations all over Kuwait, say sources. Kuwait securitymen took this action after two policemen and a wanted suspect, who they were chasing, were killed Monday in a shoot-out in Maidan Hawally. A reliable security source said, "some key persons, who are suspected to be involved in the killing of two police officers in Monday's shoot-out, may be among the arrested." He said the arrested suspects are being interrogated, adding "security forces will continue with the raids until all the suspects involved in the killing of the two policemen are arrested to know their future plans." | Hope that's a painful process, though I'm not sure it is... |
A shoot-out on Monday night - described by officials of the state as a terrorist attack - between suspected militants and state security forces ended in the death of two state securitymen and a fugitive militant. The fugitive, a Kuwaiti national Fawaz Al-Otaibi, who died in hospital of wounds after the shoot-out, was wanted by the state for crimes against national security, the source said. "Security personnel are back on high alert," said the source. Kuwait heightened security following repeated terror warnings by the US mission in Kuwait ahead of New Year celebrations, but lifted them on Monday morning.
The embassy in Kuwait of the United States, a key US ally in the region, issued a new warning to US citizens Tuesday that armed "terrorists" were at large in the country and that they should exercise caution. "At least one suspected terrorist, known to be armed and dangerous, remains at large. The two terrorists involved in the shooting may have been part of a larger group," said a message from the embassy in the second alert in as many days. The mission had warned its citizens Monday that people were driving around Kuwait planning to "randomly attack Westerners." Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmed Fahd Al-Sabah meanwhile blamed "hardline ideology" for the attack, saying "extremists" were out to destroy society. "The spread of hardline ideology, which has no relation to our religion, traditions and customs, is rejected by Kuwaiti society, the leadership and the international community," he said.
| In that case, you should track them down and kill them ruthlessly. |