Another Kuwaiti Killed in Lebanon Amid Travel Alert
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SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2016 JAMADA ALTHANI 4, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Environment Chaotic scenes Kerry stresses Messi police target as Trump need to end materclass smokers at cancels rally conflicts in sees Barca hit Avenues5 mall amid protests7 Syria,13 Yemen Getafe19 for six Another Kuwaiti killed in Min 16º Max 29º Lebanon amid travel alert High Tide 02:44 & 14:40 Low Tide Killers of two Kuwaitis arrested • Citizens urged to leave 08:59 & 21:29 40 PAGES NO: 16812 150 FILS BEIRUT: Kuwait’s Ambassador in Beirut Abdulaal Al- with their years of birth, 1975 and 1977. Meanwhile, a Qenai said yesterday that Lebanese authorities source at Rafiq Al-Hariri Airport, who asked not to be informed him of a murder of a Kuwaiti citizen. Qenai, named, told KUNA the bodies of the two Kuwaitis, in speaking to KUNA, said the embassy was in touch with their 60s, would be flown back to Kuwait today. security authorities to know details of the murder, and The Kuwaiti Embassy appreciated the efforts of the will follow up the investigations in this regard. The Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) which led, in a name or age of the murdered Kuwaiti was not avail- short time, to the arrest of the killers of the two able at the moment. The ambassador reiterated previ- Kuwaiti nationals. The embassy expressed profound ous warnings against traveling to Lebanon and the gratitude to the Lebanese security personnel and importance of Kuwaitis in the country to leave imme- politicians who expressed solidarity with Kuwait and diately. He attributed the warning to critical security denounced the despicable crime. It renewed condo- circumstances. lences to the families of the two victims and voiced Late on Friday, the official news agency reported confidence that the impartial judiciary of Lebanon will that Lebanese authorities arrested two Syrians for give the perpetrators of the crime the appropriate killing two Kuwaiti citizens in the Kahala neighbor- punishment. hood in eastern Beirut several days ago. It said the Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), security authorities noted that the arrestees confessed Bahrain and Qatar have also warned their citizens to killing the two Kuwaitis with a hammer with the aim against traveling to Lebanon, and urged nationals in of stealing from them. They identified the Syrians only the country to leave. — KUNA Chase ends with 6 Saudis dead after officer killed Four terrorists on death row RIYADH: A chase in Saudi Arabia ended in a gunfight between them and the victim, luring him to his on Friday with the death of six suspects wanted for death, the ministry said. killing their relative, a special forces officer, the interi- They opened fire on officers who located them or ministry said. Sergeant Badr Hamid Sareekh Al- driving towards Hail city northwest of Riyadh on Rashidi was murdered last month. The Arab News Friday, the ministry said. “Their vehicle skidded reported that the suspects were believed to be mem- towards a desert area and a chase took place. They bers of the Islamic State Sunni extremist group, but were cordoned in a mountainous area in Hail, and the ministry statement did not specifically mention police helicopters had them under surveillance,” it such a connection. It said the security forces stand said. They continued shooting despite calls to surren- against anybody who wants to pursue “the dictates der, leading to an exchange of fire, it added. “As result and directives of errant and corrupt organizations”. they were all killed,” but no security men were hurt. The suspects “had taken advantage of the family ties” Continued on Page 13 Business as usual at Gitmo GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba: A length of ern Cuba to the United States - even though such a move razor wire dangles onto a chain-link fence, clinking gently is illegal under current US law. in the warm breeze. Long, thick grass smothers what once Further dampening expectations, Republicans this was a gravel prison yard. Animal droppings are every- week seized on a report by the Office of the Director of where. Over the past 14 years, nature has won control of National Intelligence that found a recent increase in ex- Guantanamo Bay’s Camp X-Ray, the notorious holding detainees suspected of rejoining the extremist fight center briefly home to nearly 300 detainees pulled from Continued on Page 13 the battlefield after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Gone are the inmates and their orange jumpsuits. Their tiny, open-air cages are now knotted with weeds and the wooden guard towers surrounding the facility look like they’re about to collapse. But just a short drive away, on the other side of a shrub-covered hill, a different story is playing out. Down a closely guarded access road, where an “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom” sign greets visitors, the extensive prison complex that succeeded Camp X-Ray remains home to dozens of terror suspects. Despite President Barack Obama’s repeated efforts to close it since taking office in 2009, this facility is staying open - at least for now. Last month, Obama handed Congress a Pentagon pro- posal to shut the prison which he has called a stain on America’s conscience that catalyzes jihadi anger against WASHINGTON: A man dressed as a detainee holds a the United States. But Republican foes immediately dis- sign calling attention to the detainees at missed the plan, primarily because it seeks to bring high- Guantanamo Bay during a demonstration outside risk detainees from this remote naval base in southeast- the White House on Friday. — AP LOCAL SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2016 Amir congratulates Abul Arab Foreign Ministers declare Ghait on Arab League post Hezbollah a terrorist group KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah Friday congratulated Ahmad Jarallah lauds ‘positive’ meetings in Cairo Abul Ghait on his selection as the next Arab League Secretary general, wish- CAIRO: Arab Foreign Ministers decided on There has been a “consensus” during the in Syria. The final statement of the session also ing him success in his new tasks. Friday to consider the Lebanese Hezbollah meetings among the participants on all the sub- praised role of His Highness the Amir Sheikh His Highness the Amir, in a cable to group a terrorist organization. The foreign minis- jects that were discussed, he said, noting that Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during the ters’ announcement came as part of their discus- foreign ministers discussed the situations in 4th international donor conference for Syria, Abul Ghait, said he was confident the sions of the Iranian interference in the internal Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, in addition to Turkish which was held in London last month. upcoming Arab top diplomat’s diplo- affairs of the Arab countries, thus considered incursions into Iraqi territories, Iranian interfer- The State of Kuwait hosted the previous three matic experience would enable him to Hezbollah a terrorist group. The Gulf ence in Arab countries’ interior affairs, and the conferences in 2012, 2013 and 2014, as well as carry out his duties, thus boost com- Cooperation Council (GCC) and Arab Interior possibility of holding the next Arab Summit in committed to its pledges of $1.6 billion. The mon Arab action. Ministers’ have also declared Hezbollah a terror- Mauritania. Council also commended efforts by the His Highness the Crown Prince ist group. Head of the Mauritanian delegation has International Syria Support Group (ISSG), which Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- The Arab foreign ministers, in a final state- addressed all details regarding the proposed aim at providing a healthy environment to Sabah congratulated Abul Ghait on ment following their two-day meeting, con- dates for meetings of permanent envoys and launch negotiations between the government his selection, wishing his success in demned Iran’s repeated interference in Bahrain’s preparatory ministerial meetings, Jarallah noted, and opposition, paving the way for a UN-spon- his new duties. His Highness the affairs, helping and training terrorists, smuggling adding that today’s meeting also approved for sored transitional government in the war-torn Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak of weapons and inciting sectarian conflicts. They the League’s General Secretariat to issue a state- Arab country. Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent a similar also condemned Iran for helping the establish- ment that confirms Mauritania as the host of the The ISSG consists of the Arab League, the EU, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah cable. —KUNA ment of terrorist groups in Bahrain. They said the next Arab Summit. the UN, the US, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Iranian acts were violating the UN Charter and On assigning Egyptian former foreign minis- China, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, international law. They commended the Bahraini ter Ahmad Abul Ghaith as the League’s Secretary Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar. The security forces for thwarting terrorist attacks last General, Jarallah expressed “total satisfaction” ministerial council also called on the UN Security Kuwaiti women made significant January as well as the arrest of terrorists backed towards the decision, adding that “Kuwait has Council to shoulder its responsibility regarding by Iran’s revolutionary guards and Hezbollah. announced its full support and informed the developments in the Syrian file. It also wel- achievements: Sheikha Latifa Egyptian government about it.” comed “positive” outcomes of the expanded Positive meetings He also expressed aspiration for “a positive meeting for Syrian opposition that was held KUWAIT/PARIS: Chairperson of the patch of women delegations to troubled Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister and constructive role” by the new League’s under the patronage of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh Cabinet-affiliated Women Affairs regions in the Arab world and help women Khaled Al-Jarallah lauded the “positive” meetings Secretary General, whose wide experience and on December 8-9, 2015.