SAFAR 8,1440 AH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018 Max 37º 28 Pages Min 23º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17659 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Tropical storm Luban kills Zain, Al-Babtain and Samsung At least 7 dead as Morocco train Microsoft co-founder, investor, 6 3 people in Oman, Yemen 11 ink MOU on day 3 of GITEX 24 derails; Amir sends condolences 28 philanthropist Allen dead at 65 Fadhl asks about citizenship of Hayef as bitter feud intensifies Mutair enraged by ‘divisive’ query • Dallal slams embassies’ interference in maid affairs By B Izzak izenship to Hayef and his father. MP Hayef has so far not made any comments on the file a non-cooperation motion against the premier. MP The lawmaker also asked the minister about the article questions, but opposition MP Mohammad Al-Mutair Majed Al-Mutairi said he will not rest before the revoked KUWAIT: In a rare question, pro-government MP under which Hayef and his father were granted Kuwaiti lashed out at the government and vowed to grill the prime citizenships are returned. Ahmad Al-Fadhl yesterday asked the interior minister citizenship and demanded a copy of the decree. Fadhl fur- minister. Mutair charged that the question was manipulat- In another development, MP Mohammad Al-Dallal about the type of citizenship granted to opposition MP ther asked if the status of Hayef’s citizenship was upgrad- ed by the government, adding that it could create divisions strongly criticized the interference of some foreign Mohammad Hayef and his father. The two lawmakers ed to the first degree and demanded to know the reasons within the Kuwaiti people. He reiterated his resolve to grill embassies into the affairs of domestic helpers in the coun- recently exchanged harsh accusations around a proposed for such an action. Under Kuwaiti law, there are several the prime minister over this and several other issues. try, “which usually result in complicating their problems”. law to grant immunity to two opposition MPs who were degrees of Kuwaiti citizenship, as “original” Kuwaitis are Hayef has also championed a campaign to press the He said some embassies are demanding a salary certificate handed jail terms for storming the National Assembly. granted a first-degree citizenship while naturalized government to return the citizenships that were revoked of from people seeking to recruit maids and that the Fadhl asked the minister for a copy of the decree in which Kuwaitis are granted other types. Also, under the law, only a large number of opposition figures and former lawmak- Philippine Embassy for example has demanded employers Hayef was granted Kuwaiti citizenship and enquired if Kuwaitis who hold a first-degree citizenship are allowed ers. He vowed he will grill the prime minister over a variety have a salary of at least KD 2,000. He said such demands proper legal procedures were followed in granting the cit- to contest parliamentary elections. of alleged violations including this one, adding that he will are complicating the problems faced by maids. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Australian PM’s Pompeo meets Riyadh amid strained ties with its close ally, speculated that “rogue killers” may be responsible. Pompeo met King Jerusalem embassy Saudi king on Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh to discuss the inci- move draws fire Khashoggi case dent, which has caused international outrage and brought renewed attention SYDNEY: Facing a domestic backlash and the threat RIYADH/ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia’s on the kingdom. of foreign trade retaliation, Australia’s prime minister crown prince agreed yesterday there He and Prince Mohammed “agreed yesterday appeared to slow-peddle a controversial must be a thorough investigation into the on the importance of a thorough, trans- decision to move the country’s embassy to Jerusalem, disappearance of journalist Jamal parent, and timely investigation”, US saying he would first consult with allies. As Scott Khashoggi, the United States said, after State Department spokeswoman Morrison stood accused of ditching 70 years of media reports that Riyadh will acknowl- Heather Nauert said in Washington. Australian foreign policy and reports emerged that edge his death in a botched interroga- “The Secretary reiterated the Indonesia may suspend a planned bilateral trade deal, tion. Khashoggi, a US resident and lead- President’s concern with respect to the prime minister told parliament no firm decision had ing critic of the crown prince, vanished Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance, as been taken. after entering the Saudi consulate in well as the President’s desire to deter- Hours after first floating the idea, Morrison said he Istanbul on Oct 2. Turkish officials say mine what happened,” she said. Pompeo would “canvass views” from regional leaders about the they believe he was murdered there and was expected to go on to Turkey after decision to follow US President Donald Trump’s lead his body removed, which the Saudis dinner with the crown prince. and move the embassy from Tel Aviv “before the gov- strongly deny. While the message behind closed ernment forms a particular view on this issue”. Overnight, Turkish crime scene inves- doors may have taken a different tone, Jerusalem is claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians. tigators entered the consulate for the Pompeo was full of smiles and Most foreign nations have avoided locating embassies first time since Khashoggi’s disappear- exchanged pleasantries with leaders of there for fear of prejudging peace talks on the city’s ance and searched the premises for the longstanding ally, with no ostensible more than nine hours. US President final status - until Trump unilaterally moved the US RIYADH: Saudi King Salman greets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday. — AFP sense of crisis. embassy there earlier this year. Donald Trump, who dispatched Continued on Page 24 Officials said the decision to move the Australian embassy has been under consideration for months. But Morrison’s announcement was timed to coincide with a Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if the United States tries to years in Syria’s civil war, in which Iranian forces have make-or-break moment for his fledgling premiership. Iran missiles can strangle Iranian oil exports. “We have managed to make fought in support of President Bashar Al-Assad against On Saturday, voters in a key Sydney electorate will go land-to-sea ballistic, not cruise, missiles that can hit any rebels and militants. He also said Iranian drones had car- to the polls, with Morrison’s Liberal party candidate, a vessel or ship from 700 km,” Amirali Hajizadeh, head of ried out 700 attacks on Islamic State militant positions in former ambassador to Israel, trailing in the final stretch. travel 700 km; the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ air space division, was Syria. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have sent weapons Defeat for Morrison’s candidate - in a constituency quoted as saying by Fars news agency. and thousands of soldiers to Syria to help shore up Assad with a sizeable Jewish population - would spell the end 11 troops seized Hajizadeh said the Guards focused on extending the during the more than seven-year-long conflict there. of his government’s parliamentary majority and a bleak land-to-sea missile’s range after Iranian Supreme Leader “Our bomber drones have carried out 700 military future for his months-old stint at the top of Australia’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked the military a decade ago operations using smart bombs against Daesh,” said rough-and-tumble political heap. on Pak border about the possibility of “hitting ships” with ballistic pro- Hajizadeh, using the Arabic acronym for IS. “They were Continued on Page 24 jectiles. He did not give details on the previous range of used in eliminating tanks, personnel carriers, cars used for LONDON/TEHRAN: Iran has extended the range of its the missiles. In 2008, Iran displayed a ground-to-sea mis- suicide attacks and 23-millimetre cannons - these were land-to-sea ballistic missiles to 700 km, a senior Iranian sile that it said could travel about 290 km. On Monday, targets prized by Daesh and we significantly turned the military official said yesterday, amid rising tensions with the US special envoy on Iran, Brian Hook, said that tide of battle,” he added. The Guards most recently used Palestinian envoy the United States over Tehran’s missile program. US Tehran’s ballistic missile program was exacerbating ten- military drones against IS targets in Syria on Oct 1, in President Donald Trump pulled out of an international sions in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. “We are accumulating risk retaliation for a deadly attack in September on a military praises Ghanem agreement on Iran’s nuclear program in May and reim- of regional conflict if we do not do more to deter Iran’s parade in Iran’s southwest claimed by the militant group. posed sanctions on Tehran, saying the deal was flawed missile proliferation in the Middle East,” Hook said. Separately, at least 11 Iranian security personnel, because it did not include curbs on Iran’s development of The Islamic Republic’s government has ruled out including Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers, for IPU speech ballistic missiles or its support for proxies in Syria, negotiations with Washington over its military capabilities were abducted on the southeastern border with Pakistan Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq. and dismissed US assertions that its activities in the yesterday, state media reported. The Guards blamed “ter- KUWAIT: Palestinian Iran, which says its missile program is purely defen- Middle East are destabilizing. Hajizadeh said some short- rorist groups that are guided and supported by foreign Ambassador to Kuwait sive, has threatened to disrupt oil shipments through the range Iranian missiles had been used over the past two Continued on Page 24 Rami Tahboub hailed the speech that Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker arships and often skipped meals when Marzouq Al-Ghanem deliv- she was broke while pursuing her ered before the 139th Female mechanic degree.