Securitymen have intensified efforts to track down accomplices of militants involved in the twin shoot-outs in Maidan Hawally and Umm Al-Haiman. The securitymen were said to have combed Andalus, Jaber Al-Ali and Riqqa and are said to be on high alert in Ahmadi and Jahra for people either having relations or belonging to terrorist groups. However, these persons are described as "not dangerous." The police said they will only raid houses after obtaining warrants from the public prosecution.
| At least until the Bad Guyz start shooting... |
 In another development two suspects were arrested in separate incidents in South Surra by the police. One was arrested driving a green Maxima car and the other was arrested near a Kuwait Finance House branch for possessing a revolver, reports Al Anba. Sources told the daily another suspect was arrested in a jeep in Al-Qurain. They said police are now tracking down suspected vehicles and arresting the drivers. They added that car rental offices are cooperating with the police by providing information on their customers. Meanwhile, a member of the family whose house was used by militants in Jaber Al-Ali says the family will file a lawsuit against the tenants for using the house for other purposes and storing explosives thereby endangering the lives of neighbors in violation of the lease contract.
| Good idea. Take 'em to court, by Gum! |
A brother-in-law of the landlady, a widow of a martyr who is currently in Makkah performing the Haj, said the house was hired by 'an office' and the family had no idea about the persons who hired the house. The owner of the office is also in Makkah for the Haj. Police have since handed over the house to the owner. Meanwhile, a half brother of Hammad Al-Enezi who was killed during the Umm Al-Haiman shoot-out told Al-Anba he will not receive the remains of his brother for burial because of the shame he brought on the family and tribe.
| Oooh. Some of them do feel shame like we do... |
Khaled Al-Enezi said he had lost contact with his brother for many years and the family was granted Saudi citizenship two months ago. Another brother of the deceased, identified as Farhan, aware of his brother's radical ideas, informed Saudi security authorities of his absence from home. Hammad, at the time, was believed to have left Saudi and crossed the border into Kuwait but it was not known whether Saudi officials alerted their Kuwaiti counterparts about the presence of Hammad in the country. Khaled, a former military official, said he is proud of his participation in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and Kuwait's liberation war in 1991 but abhors his brother's actions.
| Sounds like Khaled's only offense is having a nutbag for a brother... |
Police have arrested a GCC youth, whose identity has been withheld for security reasons, for allegedly driving among a US military convoy on the Sixth Ring Road, reports Al-Rai Al-Aam daily. It has been reported the suspect believed to have links with terrorists ignored police warnings to pull over and instead crashed into a police patrol escorting the convoy. During interrogations it was discovered the man was driving under the influence of drugs. |