SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015 SHAABAN 3, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 1,700 weapons, Islamic State The Real FIFA chief’s five tons of seizes ancient Fouz: Taking Mideast ammunition Syrian town care of peace handed3 over of Palmyra7 your37 hair bid19 fails Laden fixated on US Min 25º Max 46º High Tide attack until the end 02:05 & 13:30 Low Tide 07:45 & 20:40 40 PAGES NO: 16527 150 FILS Qaeda job forms, loving notes found • Apparent links with Pak intel WASHINGTON: Hunkered down in his Pakistani com- pound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to MPs criticize stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting and wrote bitter- ‘useless’ KISR sweet letters to one of his wives and his children. Documents that were declassified yesterday shed new By B Izzak light on the mindset of Al-Qaeda’s founder, his debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fix- KUWAIT: In a lackluster session, unlike the previous ation with the group’s media image. “The focus should day, the National Assembly yesterday approved the 2015/2016 budgets of several state agencies and departments but rejected the final accounts of SEE PAGE 14 three agencies for alleged irregularities. Many MPs strongly lashed out at some of the agencies, espe- be on killing and fighting the American people and cially Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), their representatives,” the late Al-Qaeda figurehead with some describing it as useless. Others criticized wrote. the Audit Bureau for not applying the same moni- The letter was among thousands of files found by US toring on all. Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011 when they descended on The Assembly approved the final accounts and bin Laden’s hideout in the Pakistani garrison town of budgets of the Kuwait Authority for Compensation Abbottabad and shot him dead. US intelligence agen- Claims, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and Public cies have now declassified more than 100 of these doc- Authority for Minors’ Affairs. It also approved the uments taken from bin Laden’s archive, after lawmakers budgets for KISR, Zakat House and Kuwait Fund for ordered the move and critics accused the CIA of with- Arab Economic Development (KFAED) after initially holding material. AFP was given exclusive access to the rejecting them after the concerned ministers prom- documents ahead of their release, and they have since been posted online by the Office of the Director of ised to rectify the irregularities. But the Assembly National Intelligence. still rejected the final accounts of these agencies for Jeff Anchukaitis, spokesman for the office, said the the year 2013/2014. WASHINGTON: An AFP journalist looks at a page displayed on the website of the Office of the Director of release of “a sizeable tranche of documents” was in line Continued on Page 13 National Intelligence yesterday.— AFP Continued on Page 13 Malaysia, Indonesia to Public pressure accept migrant boats grows on SWFs US ‘ready to share burden’ DUBAI: Running sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf has become an awkward business in the era of PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia and Aman, in a joint press appearance with cheap oil, as their managers face growing pressure Indonesia said yesterday they would no his Indonesian counterpart Retno from politicians and the public to prove they’re longer turn away migrants, a break- Marsudi, announced that “the towing investing national reserves wisely. When oil prices through in the region’s crisis that came and the shooing (away of boats) is not were high, the Gulf funds - which include some of just hours after hundreds more starving going to happen” any more. “We also the largest in the world - came under little public people were rescued at sea. Earlier, agreed to offer them temporary shelter scrutiny. Government coffers were awash with ener- Myanmar, whose policies toward its eth- provided that the resettlement and repa- gy revenues and the financial futures of the Gulf nic Rohingya minority are widely blamed triation process will be done in one year Arab states seemed secure. for fuelling the human flow, also soft- by the international community,” Anifah But with Brent crude now at little more than half ened its line by offering to provide said. The pair spoke after talks with Thai last June’s level, the countries may be entering their humanitarian aid to stricken migrants. Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn. toughest fiscal times since the 1990s, and this has Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand had Thailand did not sign on to the offer, changed the political climate. Governments want to sparked growing international outrage however. A Thai foreign ministry state- make sure they’re getting maximum returns from by driving off boats overloaded with ment later said officials would not “push their funds. The public, facing the prospect of slower exhausted and dying Rohingya as well as back migrants stranded in Thai waters”. It growth in social welfare spending, is more sensitive Bangladeshis. called on southeast Asian nations and Migrants sit in their boat as they wait to be rescued by Acehnese fishermen in Continued on Page 13 the sea off East Aceh, Indonesia yesterday. — AP But Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Continued on Page 13 News in brief MERS cases in South Korea, Abu Dhabi SEOUL/ABU DHABI: South Korean health officials yes- terday confirmed the country’s first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a patient who recently returned from Bahrain and is in stable condition after being treated for a high fever and cough. The 68-year- old man was in Bahrain from April 18 through to May 3 and was engaged in farming-related business, South Korea’s health ministry said in a statement. He returned to South Korea on May 4 through Qatar, it said. The patient’s wife who nursed him also has a minor respira- tory symptom and the results of tests on her would be available today. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi health authori- ties confirmed that a second person has tested positive for MERS. A 29-year-old lorry driver, who transported camels from Oman, was found to be carrying the virus but not showing any symptoms, as reported on Tuesday by The National. Texas hunter shoots rhino for $350,000 WINDHOEK: A US hunter who paid $350,000 to kill a black rhinoceros in Namibia successfully shot the animal on Monday, saying that his actions would help protect the critically-endangered species. Corey Knowlton, from Texas, downed the rhino with a high-powered rifle after a three-day hunt through the bush with government officials on hand to ensure he killed the correct animal. Knowlton, 36, won the right to shoot the rhino at an auction in Dallas in early 2014 - attracting fierce criticism from many conservationists and even some death threats. He took a CNN camera crew on the hunt to try to show why he believed the killing was justified. Since 2012, Namibia has sold five licences each year to kill individual rhinos, say- ing the money is essential to fund conservation projects and anti-poaching protection. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015 LOCAL His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is pictured with Chairman of Qatar’s Audit Bureau KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Sheikh Bandar Bin Mohammad Al-Thani and his accompanying delegation. Chairman of the Municipality Council Muhalhal Al-Khalid. Amir merited with CISM’s Sash of Honor New investigations department chief sworn in KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was honored by the Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister International Military Sports Council (CISM) yes- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah terday in tribute to his endeavors for world have also separately received the visiting Qatari peace. official yesterday. HH the Amir had welcomed in his office at In other news, HH the Amir received Deputy Bayan Palace yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who Al-Sabah along with a CISM delegation led by escorted Major General Dr Fahad Ibrahim Al- Chairman Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Hakim Al- Doussari. Doussari was sworn in as new chief of Shenou; who presented CISM’s Sash of Honor to the general department of investigations. HH the Amir. HH the Amir thanked CISM for their Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled and Maj Gen valued accolade. Doussari also met HH the Crown Prince and HH Meanwhile, HH the Amir received Chairman the Prime Minister. of Qatar’s Audit Bureau Sheikh Bandar Bin Earlier, HH the Amir received HH the Crown Mohammad Al-Thani at Bayan Palace yesterday. Prince, HH the Prime Minister, and First Deputy Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Jarrah Al-Sabah and Acting Audit Bureau chair- Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, HH the KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Major General Dr Fahad Ibrahim Al- man Adel Al-Sarawi attended the meeting. His Crown Prince received HH Sheikh Jaber Al- Doussari swears in as the general depart- Highness also received Chairman of the Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, and Sheikh receives a Sash of Honor from the International Military Sports Council. ment of investigations’ new chief. Municipality Council Muhalhal Al-Khalid. Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. —KUNA —Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Khaled Al-Khoder meets the US Marine Corps Forces Central Command Chief Major General Kenneth F McKenzie.