Top Shiite Cleric Urges Iraqis to Fight Militants
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SUBSCRIPTION SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 SHAABAN 16, 1435 AH No: 16196 Kuwait eyes Samsung tablets FIFA bans Iraq situation to have richer Beckenbauer with concern3 colors30 in screens over46 rejection Top Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to fight militants Max 42º 150 Fils Obama: US will help but Iraq must mend rifts Min 29º BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Shiite clerical leader- Kuwaiti released ship yesterday called on all Iraqis to defend their country from Sunni mili- from secret US jail tants who have seized large swaths of territory, and a UN official expressed WASHINGTON: A US official said yesterday the United “extreme alarm” at reprisal killings in the States has repatriated a dozen inmates from a secretive offensive, citing reports of hundreds of military prison in Afghanistan where foreign terror sus- dead and wounded. US President Barack pects have been held for years without trial. A French Obama said he is weighing options for national, a Kuwaiti and 10 Pakistani detainees were sent countering the insurgency, but warned back to their home countries last month from the Parwan Iraqi leaders that he would not take mili- prison, the defense official told AFP on condition of tary action unless they moved to anonymity. The move left 38 non-Afghan detainees at the address the country’s political troubles. prison. The Defense Department notified Congress of the Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-inspired transfer 10 days beforehand, the official added. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant President Barack Obama’s administration faces legal made fresh gains, capturing two towns difficulties at the Parwan center similar to those posed by in an ethnically mixed province north- the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In both east of Baghdad. The ISIL assault also cases, US authorities suspect detainees have terror links threatens to embroil Iraq more deeply in but often lack sufficient evidence to try them in court and a wider regional conflict feeding off the chaos caused by the civil war in neigh- are reluctant to release them. The Obama administration MOSUL: Children play yesterday with an Iraqi army helmet left behind after is trying to shut down the Guantanamo and Parwan pris- boring Syria. The fast-moving rebellion, which also draws support from former militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took over this ons as it seeks to draw a line under the extraordinary legal northern city. — AP measures adopted in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks. Saddam-era figures and other disaffect- The move at Parwan came amid controversy over a ed Sunnis, has emerged as the biggest Shiite-led government is struggling to state security forces. A representative for prisoner swap involving the release of a US soldier cap- threat to Iraq’s stability since the US form a coherent response after militants Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the most tured by Afghan insurgents and five Taleban militants withdrawal at the end of 2011. It has overran the country’s second-largest revered Shiite spiritual leader in Iraq, held at Guantanamo. Bowe Bergdahl was freed on May 31 pushed the nation closer to a precipice city of Mosul, Saddam Hussein’s home- told worshippers at Friday prayers that it but some lawmakers have slammed the White House for that could partition it into Sunni, Shiite town of Tikrit and smaller communities, was their civic duty to confront the agreeing to the transfer of the five Taliban figures. With and Kurdish zones. as well as military and police bases - threat. the United States and NATO allies withdrawing most of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s often after meeting little resistance from Continued on Page 13 their combat troops from Afghanistan this year, Washington handed over control of Parwan prison to the Kabul government under an agreement. But US authori- FLYING DUTCHMAN SAVES THE DAY! ties still help oversee the cases of foreign, non-Afghan detainees. The conditions for the 12 detainees transferred last month remain unclear. — AFP Former POW returns to US WASHINGTON: The American soldier freed in a controversial swap with the Afghan Taleban returned to the United States yesterday and was due to soon reunite with his family after near- ly five years in captivity. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl flew overnight from a military hospital in Germany to San Antonio, Texas, where he will undergo further medical treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center. The 28-year-old soldier, the only American in uniform to be held by insurgents in the Afghanistan war, will eventually face questions from investigators about the circum- stances of his disappearance and whether he deserted his post. But first, he will receive more medical attention and is due to see his family face-to-face for the first time since his capture. The timing of the reunion remained unclear, and officials said the ini- tial meeting might be brief, depending on the advice of psychol- ogists. SALVADOR, Brazil: Netherlands’ Robin van Persie scores a goal during the group B World Cup football match between Spain Continued on Page 13 and the Netherlands at the Arena Ponte Nova yesterday. Netherlands beat the defending champions 5-1. — AP (See Page 48) LOCAL SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 Kuwait takes Police arrest five part in blood donation day Filipina ‘masseuses’ KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Central Blood Bank shares worldwide celebrations to mark World Blood Donor Day today. Dr Reem Al-Radhwan, in charge of the Ministry of Health Man falls from Salmiya building blood transfusion department, said Kuwait’s participation in this global event will be KUWAIT: Hawally police arrested five Filipinas in violation of source said the man in his 40s fell from his flat, and passersby through various activities iqama law after a police patrol spotted the women in the area informed Interior Ministry operations about the incident. and workshops intended and asked them for their IDs. They told police that they pro- Investigations are underway. to promote the need for vide massage services from their home. They were sent to A bedoon was stabbed by an acquaintance due to earlier “safe blood” and express immigration detectives. disputes in Naseem. A security source said family members gratitude to people who In other news, an ungrateful man beat his mother and took the victim to the hospital. The suspect was charged with donate their blood. kicked her out of the house at night due to a financial dispute. attempted murder and is being sought by police. A major celebration, The woman called Salmiya police and he is being sought. Fourteen Asians accused two persons wearing police uni- under the sponsorship of Police arrested an extremely drunk expat in Fahd Al- forms, of storming their residence, beating them and stealing Minister of Health Dr Ali Ahmad, as they noticed he was in an abnormal condition and KD 534 and 9,200 Nepalese rupees before escaping. A security Al-Obaidi, will be held on talking to himself. When they approached him, he attempted source said the fourteen Asians complained to Fintas police June 18 to honor blood to escape before being brought under control. The Indian about the incident, and that Ahmadi detectives are conducting donors and sponsors, man was sent to concerned authorities. a manhunt for the two. Lawyer Duwaim Al-Muwaizri filed a namely communities, A patrol in the capital arrested a drug user and sent him to complaint against a citizen at the Firdous police station accus- Dr Reem Al-Radhwan embassies, companies, narcotics and alcohol authorities after arresting him with 30 ing him of insulting religions and God by an animated film. The military authorities and illicit tablets. The arrest was made after spotting a car being source said the accused is being summoned for questioning. personnel and families. The local ceremony will be driven erratically. It was stopped, and during a routine inspec- A citizen told Ahmadi police that his 48-year-old wife was themed “safe blood for saving mothers”, Radhwan said, tion, 30 tablets were found with the man who is a citizen in his missing, and an absconding case was filed. A security source noting that it is also slogan of the global event. twenties. He was sent to concerned authorities. said that a fight broke out between children of Syrian and Moreover, Kuwait will witness this year laying the cor- The body of an expat was recovered by the coroner follow- Jordanian families, leading to a fight between the mothers as nerstones of cooperative blood transfusion centers in ing a fall from the ninth floor of a Salmiya building. A security other residents watched. — Al-Rai Ahmadi and Adan Hospital. For its part, the “Club 25 for Blood Donors” will also hold a celebration under the title “Grant life to those who grant it to us.” The Central Blood Bank annually receives up to 75,000 donors, the MoH offi- Kuwait proposes cial said, noting that need for blood has been mounting due to increasing traffic accidents, need for blood for women in labor and childbirth in addition to some abnor- mal hereditary cases. She called on nationals and residents to donate blood to save lives. — KUNA e-portal on laws GENEVA: A Kuwaiti delegation to the Kuwait, Hungary World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) being held here suggested sign three MoUs yesterday the formation of an e-portal that would contain the myriad laws and BUDAPEST: Kuwait and Hungary signed yesterday three memos of legislative acts from around the world. understanding for cooperation in fields of health, water, and agricul- Head of the delegation Munawer Al- ture. The memos were signed in a ceremony held here with the pres- Hadba told KUNA the portal would serve ence visiting Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of those seeking information on the laws of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his any country, for instance, on taxes, edu- Hungarian counterpart Dr Tibor Navracsics.