SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SHAABAN 28, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MP wants Zoo animals Clinton kicks Rooney debate on oil roam free in off 2016 bid, strike minister’s Georgia capital building edge sees off statements3 after floods7 in Iowa9 Slovenia20 Barrak goes on hunger Min 32º Max 46º strike to protest arrest High Tide 10:20 & 23:50 PAB alleges former MP detained with drug dealers Low Tide 03:50 & 17:30 40 PAGES NO: 16552 150 FILS By Meshaal Al-Enezi conspiracy theories KUWAIT: Former MP Musallam Al-Barrak, who was arrest- Kurdish women join fight ed to serve a two-year jail term, went on a hunger strike A second nakba yesterday in protest against his solitary confinement, well-informed sources said yesterday. The sources added that more arrest warrants would be issued soon against a number of people who repeat- ed Al-Barrak’s controversial speech that landed Al-Barrak in prison, especially those who had been included with By Badrya Darwish him in the ruling by the court of first instance. Meanwhile, the Popular Action Bloc (PAB), popularly known as Hashd, issued a statement yesterday condemn- ing the detention of ‘Al-Barrak in a prison allocated for drug dealers and people sentenced to death’. “This shows [email protected] how personal the minister of interior is taking the issue and is violating the law and prison regulations to achieve his personal ambitions even at the expense of justice and i guys, Ramadan is coming so I wanted to greet rights,” the statement by PAB said holding the authorities you. For some time now, I’ve shunned away responsible for Al-Barrak’s safety inside the prison. It also Hfrom writing. I’m sure you did not miss me. I warned the authorities against harming him in custody. hope you understand. Because I felt that I don’t want The PAB also urged the public prosecutor to dispatch to write about silly things. With all the turmoil hap- somebody to investigate what it described as ‘violations pening all over the world, especially in the Middle committed against Al-Barrak’, noting that his arrest would East, I can’t just close my eyes and talk about the price neither discourage nor stop the efforts of ‘loyal’ Kuwaitis of tomatoes or the dust storms like I have in the past. to achieve the goal of having an elected cabinet and a Don’t get me wrong, tomatoes are important and can fully democratic government that protects the nation’s affect our health. But there are small issues, there are wealth and people’s rights. moderate issues and there are major issues. For The PAB also condemned the way ‘freedom fighter’ Al- instance, ISIS is occupying nearly half of Mesopotamia Barrak had been treated from the beginning noting that and spreading like a metastasizing cancer. IRBIL: Members of a Kuwaiti media delegation including Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan he had been ‘politically’ prosecuted and he had been Continued on Page 13 are pictured with female fighters from the Peshmerga forces. — Photo by Hani Al-Shemmari (See Page 4) deprived of the right to defend himself before the court. Continued on Page 13 LOCAL MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Amir receives Iraqi Kurdistan President KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Prince’s Diwan Chief Sheikh Mubarak Al- Guterres and his accompanying delega- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Faisal Al-Saud Al-Sabah, HH the Crown tion. Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah attended the received President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Prince’s Protocol Chief Sheikh Mubarak meeting. Earlier yesterday, HH the Amir Masoud Barzani at Seif Palace yesterday. Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, received HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad, HH HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq Ghassan Al- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was in atten- Zawawi and Kuwaiti Consul in Irbil Omar Khaled and National Assembly Speaker dance. Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Al-Kandari attended the meeting. HH Marzouq Al-Ghanem. Also, HH the Crown Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah also Sheikh Nawaf then hosted a luncheon ban- Prince received HH Sheikh Jaber Al- attended the meeting. HH the Crown quet in Barzani’s honor. Barzani had earlier Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy Prince later received Barzani at Bayan received HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak and Prime Minister and Interior Minister Palace in presence of HH Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad separately Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- at Bayan Palace. Meanwhile, HH the Amir Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Sabah. Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan received First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al- Affairs Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Chief Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al- Jarrah Al-Sabah and Minister of of the Accompanying Mission of Honor, Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, accompanied Information and Minister of State for Advisor at the Amiri Diwan Mohammad by the United Nations (UN) High Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Abdullah Abdulhasan, HH the Crown Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. —KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Masoud Barzani. — Amiri Diwan photo Army Chief of Staff off to Paris Air Show KUWAIT: Army Chief of Staff and His Highness the Amir of Kuwait the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Lieutenant General Mohammad Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is also Khaled Al-Khoder left for Paris yester- Sabah. A French Defense Ministry offi- expected to attend the event, accord- day to attend the International Paris cial said the Kuwait contract was ing to reports. Air Show, which is due today. The agreed during a visit by Defense Earlier yesterday, Lt Gen Khoder show is the largest event of its kind in Minister Jean- Yves Le Drian to Kuwait met the visiting general commander the world, the Defense Ministry’s on June 6. of the US Special Operations Directorate of Moral Guidance and The International Paris Air Show is Command Central, Army Major Public Relations said in a statement organized by the SIAE, a subsidiary of General Michael K Nagata on several carried by Kuwait News Agency GIFAS, the French Aerospace issues of common interest. Both sides (KUNA). Industries Association. The 51st show discussed vital mutual issues, particu- It was reported last week that will take place at the Le Bourget Parc larly in the military field and ways to France was on the verge of finalizing des Expositions from 15 to 21 June boost them. US ambassador to a contract worth about €1 billion 2015, and once again will bring Kuwait Douglas Suleiman was pres- ($1.1 billion) for the sale of 24 Airbus- together all the players in this global ent in the meeting, the Defense built military helicopters to Kuwait. industry around the latest technolog- Ministry’s Directorate of Moral “The contract will be signed soon,” ical innovations. The first four days of Guidance and Public Relations said in French President Francois Hollande’s the show will be reserved for trade a press statement. Several other office said following a telephone con- visitors, followed by three days open Kuwaiti army officials attended the versation between the French leader to the general public. His Highness meeting as well. KUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Christian Nakhle visited Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan yesterday. The two sides discussed matters of mutual concern. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait supports Cuban water supply networks rehabilitation KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has maintained an important cooper- ation with Cuba in the rehabilitation of water supply networks in several provinces and the capital, according to an official from that institution attend- ing the Cubagua-2015 forum, running here. In conversation with Prensa Latina, the manager of that mechanism for this region, Abdullah Al- Musaibeeh, stated that about four cooperation proj- ects are being implemented in Santiago de Cuba, Holguin and Havana. He recalled that he visited Cuba in March 2015 accompanied by the Fund’s general director, Abdulwahab Al-Bader, in which some accords were signed to support with funding credits the rehabili- tation of water supply networks and sewerage sys- tem in the island’s capital. He explained that he is again here to participate in Cubagua, where his institution presents today a lecture on the role in water and sanitation financing projects, and also to examine the course of cooper- ation. He reiterated the Fund’s willingness to maintain and continue collaboration it has with Cuba in all projects related to the water sector. According to the National Institute of Hydraulic Resource (INRH), that Kuwaiti entity has so far deliv- ered a sum of $52 million for the rehabilitation of water supply networks and sewerage system in benefit of the population and the capital’s institu- tions. The INRH is one of the agencies most involved of international cooperation in financing develop- ment programs, through government credits and donations. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 LOCAL UN official praises Kuwaiti contributions for refugees KUWAIT: A visiting UN official has commended Kuwait’s contributions to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help alleviate suffering of refugees in different parts of the world, particularly the Syrians. UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, speaking at a news conference, said the aim of his visit is to express, on behalf of the refugee agency, grati- tude to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Government and people for their “generosity that contribute to alleviating the sufferings of refugees.” “We thank HH the Amir and Kuwaiti people for what they offered to refugees during this (Syrian) crisis,” he said.