SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016 MUHARRAM 29, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Candidate Brazil mutant Ronaldo defends mosquitoes hat-trick rights of to breed extends expatriates out diseases Madrid lead 3 28 19 SEE PAGE 11 MoI rejects reports of Iraqi Min 22º military moves near border Max 36º High Tide 12:14 & 23:53 Plates of violating cars to be removed • No jammers in jails Low Tide 06:05 & 18:12 40 PAGES NO: 17035 150 FILS By Hanan Al-Saadoun and Agencies Govt mulls no public KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday rejected local reports on unusual Iraqi military moves near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border. Commenting on such news, the sector jobs for expats ministry’s Undersecretary Maj Gen Abdullah Al- Muhanna was quoted by the ministry’s security infor- mation department as saying in a statement that there No nationality quotas are no Iraqi military moves, mobilization or deployment KUWAIT: The special report on adjust- sources highlighted that building labor on the border. In this context, Muhanna stressed that ing Kuwait’s demographic structure is cities was one of the main recommen- Kuwaiti border security personnel are doing their duties almost complete, with 12 recommen- dations made to adjust Kuwait’s properly and well aware of their due responsibilities. He dations that do not include reduction demography, as the government would urged everyone in the country to observe public inter- of the numbers of expats holding cer- be able to control the number of expats est and national security that should be put above all tain nationalities, well-informed official entering and exiting Kuwait, while other considerations. sources at the Supreme Planning security authorities would be able to Later yesterday, the Iraqi defense ministry also Council’s secretariat general told Al-Rai monitor their actions once they are denied the reports that military troops were deployed daily. The sources said that according to confined to specified locations. in the south of the country near the borders with analyses made at the end of the previ- Moreover, the source explained that Kuwait. “Iraqi security forces have not carried out any ous five-year plan, the number of six locations had been suggested to movement in the south, and the reports about military Kuwaitis is continuously decreasing due build labor cities and that two of them formations near the Iraqi-Kuwaiti borders are not true,” a to the growth of the expat population had been already built to avoid the KUWAIT: An Indian working for an airline was arrested for facilitating the entry ministry source, who did not want to be named, con- in the same period. chaos about the whereabouts and of people who had been deported from Kuwait and helping them get residen- firmed to KUNA. The sources also demanded suspend- exact numbers of expats, needless to cy visas for money, said security sources. Case papers indicate that residency Meanwhile, the ministry’s relations and security ing the recruitment of expats in the pub- mention their legal statuses, especially detectives had been tipped off concerning the suspect’s activities, adding that media director Brig Adel Ahmed Al-Hashash announced lic sector with exceptions for those with since some of them are currently resid- he usually charged KD 1,000-1,500 per person. The sources said one of the sus- that effective today, Sunday, Oct 30, all vehicles blocking rare specializations who cannot be ing in urban areas amongst citizens. pect’s clients, who had been deported in 2013, was also arrested and con- or delaying traffic on various roads would be fined and replaced by citizens. Furthermore, the Continued on Page 13 fessed to paying KD 1,500 to return to Kuwait and get a new residency visa. have their license plates removed for a certain period. Continued on Page 13 Rebels fight to break Aleppo siege Clinton faces new FBI probe as race enters last 10 days DES MOINES: Hillary Clinton embarks this weekend on the frenetic final 10 days of her White House cam- paign, determined to shake off renewed controversy over the FBI probe into her private emails. The 69- year-old Democrat - vying to become America’s first female president - is still Iraqi forces and the Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) militia advance the frontrunner to win the towards the village of Ayn Nasir, south of Mosul, yesterday, during the ongoing November 8 election over battle against Islamic State militants to liberate the city of Mosul. — AFP her Republican rival Donald Trump. Clinton has Iraqi paramilitaries launch a clear lead in the polls, ALEPPO: Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades get and voting has already in a vehicle yesterday in the neighborhood of Dahiyet al-Assad after they retook operation to seal off Mosul begun in 34 of 50 states to control of the area. — AFP choose a successor to ALEPPO: Car bombs and rocket fire commander Abu Mustafa told AFP from AL QAYYARAH, Iraq: Iraqi paramilitary But yesterday they began a push on the President Barack Obama, shook Aleppo yesterday as rebels battled the frontline district of Dahiyet al-Assad, forces launched an operation yesterday to town of Tal Afar on the western approach to who will hit the campaign to break a suffocating siege by the Syrian on the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo. cut the Islamic State group’s supply lines the city, the only side where ground forces, trail again next week in regime, accused by Washington of using Fighting and air strikes pounded nearly Hillary Clinton between its Mosul bastion and neighbor- which have advanced from the north, east defense of his onetime starvation as a “weapon of war”. The all of Aleppo’s western outskirts, with the ing Syria, opening a new front in the nearly and south, are not yet deployed. “The oper- secretary of state. offensive, launched Friday, aims to break most intense clashes reported in the dis- two-week-old offensive. Forces from the ation aims to cut supplies between Mosul But her momentum was threatened Friday by a through a three-month encirclement of tricts of Al-Zahraa and Dahiyet al-Assad. Hashed Al-Shaabi, a paramilitary umbrella and Raqqa and tighten the siege of (IS) in renewed eruption in a scandal that has long dogged the battered city’s eastern districts, where Yasser Al-Youssef of the Noureddin Al- organization dominated by Iran-backed Mosul and liberate Tal Afar,” Hashed her in the race: investigations into her use of a pri- more than 250,000 people live without Zinki rebel faction said opposition fight- Shiite militias, have largely been on the spokesman Ahmed Al-Assadi told AFP, vate email server while at the State Department. access to food or humanitarian aid. ers opened a new front in Al-Zahraa on sidelines since the launch of the operation referring to IS’ main stronghold in Syria. Continued on Page 13 “In just a few days, we will open the Saturday with a massive car bombing. to retake Mosul. Continued on Page 13 way for our besieged brothers,” rebel Continued on Page 13 Gaza flotilla raid victims’ kin vow legal battle against Israel ISTANBUL: The families of Turkish activists state. Nine Turks died when Israeli marines 2014. Ties between Israel and Turkey crum- killed in a 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound stormed the “Mavi Marmara”, which was part bled after the raid but in June they finally aid ship say they will not drop their legal cases of an aid flotilla to break a naval blockade of agreed to end the bitter six-year row after despite a deal between Turkey and the Jewish the Gaza Strip. One more died in hospital in months-long secret talks. Israel had offered an apology over the raid, permission for Turkish aid to reach Gaza through Israeli ports, and a payout of $20 mil- lion to the families of those killed. Turkish offi- cials confirmed the amount was transferred to the justice ministry account last month. Under the deal, both sides agreed that individual Israeli citizens or those acting on behalf of the government would not be held liable. Families of the victims however say they will press on with their legal battle until the alleged perpetrators are brought to justice. Cigdem Topcuoglu, an academic from south- ern Adana province, said her husband was killed as the couple embarked on the ship. “We are certainly not accepting the compen- sation,” she told AFP in Istanbul. “They will come and kill your husband next to you and say ‘take this money, keep your mouth shut and give up on the case’. Would you accept that?” In total, there were six ships in the flotil- CHICAGO: In this photo provided by passenger Jose Castillo, fellow passengers la that were boarded in international waters walk away from a burning American Airlines jet that aborted takeoff and caught ISTANBUL: Ismail Songur, whose father was killed in the 2010 Israeli storming of a Turkish aid about 130 km from the Israeli coast. After the fire on the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Friday. Pilots on ship to Gaza, poses on Oct 21, 2016. — AFP deal with Israel, an Istanbul court on Oct 19 Flight 383 bound for Miami reported an engine-related mechanical issue, accord- Continued on Page 13 ing to an airline spokeswoman. — AP LOCAL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016 AMF launches Youth Voluntary Initiatives Award KUWAIT: The Arab Media Forum (AMF) yesterday launched the activities of the Youth Voluntary and Humanitarian Initiatives Award, which included a num- ber of seminars on the challenges of voluntary work, and an exhibition displaying sample youth initiatives.