Britain to Open Permanent Military Base in Bahrain
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SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2014 SAFAR 15, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Dietician: Islamic State Sam Smith, Chelsea come Watch your group support Beyonce, crashing down weight grows in Pharrell top to earth at in winter!5 Jordan7 town Grammy39 nods Newcastle20 Britain to open permanent Min 07º Max 26º military base in Bahrain High Tide 13:22 & 23:46 Move to boost Royal Navy presence in Gulf Low Tide 06:50 & 18:35 40 PAGES NO: 16365 150 FILS MANAMA: Britain’s top diplomat said yesterday his coun- Bangladeshi try has signed a deal with Bahrain that will bolster the United Kingdom’s military presence in the island nation workers back and give it a more permanent naval base in the oil-rich Arabian Gulf region. The agreement marks a strategic shift for Britain, which formally withdrew from its major Gulf after 7-yr halt military bases in 1971. It comes as the UK, the United States and their allies seek to push back Islamic State KUWAIT: Following a seven-year ban on most group militants that have taken over large parts of Iraq and Bangladeshi workers, it has been decided to reopen the Syria and as world powers work to forge a lasting nuclear entry of Bangladeshi workers coming to Kuwait in deal with Iran, which sits just across the Gulf from Bahrain. February, said Bangladeshi Ambassador to Kuwait Maj British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond emphasized Gen Mohammed Ashhabuddin. Ashahbuddin said that his country’s historic links to the Gulf in announcing the his country’s foreign minister recently met his Kuwaiti plans at a security conference in the Bahraini capital, counterpart Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah in Abu Manama. “In a globalized world, our domestic security and Dhabi where they discussed the resumption of bringing prosperity depends on developments beyond our shores,” in laborers from Bangladesh. Hammond said. “Your security concerns are our security The ambassador added that the total number of the concerns.” Tiny Bahrain already hosts the US Navy’s 5th Bangladeshi community in Kuwait is 190,000, adding Fleet, which is responsible for operations around the and that they all lead a decent life. He said that agricul- Arabian Peninsula as well as parts of the Indian Ocean. tural workers continued to come to Kuwait during the The deal ensures a permanent footing for the Royal ban and 200-300 Bangladeshis had recently entered Navy in the oil-rich Gulf, Hammond said. The Strait of Kuwait for that reason. Hormuz, which is the Gulf’s only exit and is bounded by Separately, member of the parliamentary foreign Iran and Oman, is the route for 30 percent of world oil sup- affairs committee MP Kamel Al-Awadhi commended plies carried by tanker ships. The agreement calls for the statement made by Foreign Ministry Undersecretary improved onshore facilities at Bahrain’s Mina Salman port Khaled Al-Jarallah in which he stressed that the ministry that will give the Royal Navy a base to plan, store equip- will not let the bank warranty condition by the Indian ment and house military personnel. embassy to bring Indian domestic labor to Kuwait go Four British minesweepers are already based in Bahrain, unanswered. “This statement was made by a patriotic and other British ships rely on facilities in the kingdom. person and a class A statesman who is fully aware of his MANAMA: Delegates listen to United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as he speaks during the Those operations were carried out on an ad hoc basis, and fellow-citizens’ concerns”, stressed Awadhi, noting that 10th Manama Dialogue Regional Security Summit organised by International Institute for the Strategic left personnel relying on “frankly very poor temporary because some GCC states had agreed to the condition Studies yesterday. On the podium (from left) are Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, accommodation”, Hammond said. It will cost £15 million to does not mean that Kuwait has to accept it too. Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and Dr John Chipman, IISS Director-General and Chief build ($23 million). Continued on Page 13 Executive.-— AP (See Page 2) Continued on Page 13 Hostages killed in failed US raid S African teacher killed just day before release ADEN: An American and a South African were killed yesterday as US forces tried to free hostages from Al-Qaeda in Yemen, with President Barack Obama accusing the mili- tants of “barbaric murder”. Obama said he had authorized the joint attempt involving US spe- cial forces to rescue American photojournalist Luke Somers because his life was believed to be “in imminent danger”. South African teacher Pierre Korkie was also killed, just a day before he was due to be freed after more than a year in captivity, said the charity that had negotiated his release. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) had threatened Thursday to execute Somers, 33, who was kidnapped 15 months ago in ATIMONAN, Philippines: A girl walks along the shore as strong waves from Sanaa. It gave Washington three days to meet Typhoon Hagupit hit Quezon province in eastern Philippines yesterday. — AP unspecified demands. “The callous disregard for Luke’s life is more proof of the depths of AQAP’s depravity,” Obama said in a statement. Luke Somers Pierre Korkie In May 2013, Al-Qaeda seized Korkie and his to fly Korkie, 57, out of Yemen under diplomat- the words we used in a conversation with Typhoon smashes wife Yolande, who was released in January. ic cover after negotiations. “The psychological Yolande at 5:59 this morning was ‘the wait is The couple had worked as teachers in Yemen and emotional devastation to Yolande and her almost over’. Three days ago we told her ‘Pierre for four years. family will be compounded by the knowledge will be home for Christmas’.” We certainly did into Philippines The Gift of Givers charity said logistical that Pierre was to be released by Al-Qaeda not mean it in the manner it has unfolded.” arrangements had already been put in place tomorrow,” it said. “It is even more tragic that Continued on Page 13 TACLOBAN, Philippines: Terrifying the typhoon passes.” winds and intense rains pounded the Roxas was speaking at a nationally tel- eastern Philippines yesterday as millions evised planning conference from Samar, sheltered from a giant storm that threat- having based himself in one of the areas ened more devastation for a nation bat- expected to be among the first hit so he Pak kills top tling to recover from a catastrophic super could oversee preparations there. typhoon. Typhoon Hagupit roared in Hagupit was forecast to take three days Qaeda leader from the Pacific Ocean and crashed into to cut across the Philippines, passing over remote fishing communities of Samar mostly poor central regions, while also ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said yesterday it had island yesterday night with wind gusts of bringing heavy rain to the densely popu- killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader wanted by the US over a 210 km an hour, local weather agency lated capital of Manila slightly to the 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system. “In an Pagasa said. The wind strength made north. Damage assessments from com- intelligence borne operation top Al-Qaeda leader Adnan Hagupit the most powerful storm to hit munities initially hit are not likely to be El Shukrijumah was killed by Pakistan Army in an early the Philippines this year, exceeding a known until after daybreak today, as morning raid in Shinwarsak, South Waziristan today,” the typhoon in July that killed more than 100 power and mobile networks have been military said. Shukrijumah, 39, people. “Tin roofs are flying off, trees are lost in many of those areas. one of the FBI’s most wanted falling and there is some flooding,” But the government warned of storm terrorists, was hiding in a com- Stephany Uy-Tan, the mayor of surges up to 4.5-m high in some areas, pound in Shinwarsak, north- Catbalogan, a major city on Samar, told flash flooding, landslides and winds western Pakistan, after fleeing AFP by phone minutes after Hagupit strong enough to tear apart even sturdy from neighbouring North made landfall. homes. Tens of millions of people live in Waziristan tribal district where Fearful of a repeat of last year when the typhoon’s path, including those in the the army launched a major Super Typhoon Haiyan claimed more central Philippines who are still strug- operation against militant than 7,350 lives, the government under- gling to recover from the devastation of bases in June, the military said. took a massive evacuation effort ahead of Haiyan, which hit 13 months ago. Haiyan “His accomplice and local facil- Hagupit that saw millions seek shelter. was the strongest storm ever recorded on itator were also killed in the “This is it. I know you are tired, not land, with winds of 315 km an hour, and raid,” it added. Adnan Shukrijumah enough sleep, not enough food, too generated tsunami-like storm surges that Saudi national much coffee,” Interior Secretary Mar laid to waste entire towns. Shukrijumah, who had a Guyanese passport, was the Roxas said a few hours before the In Tacloban, one of the cities worst-hit most senior Al-Qaeda member ever killed by the typhoon hit, calling for a final effort to by Haiyan, thousands of traumatised Pakistani military. He is described by the FBI as “one of the bring more people from vulnerable typhoon survivors crammed into schools, WASHINGTON: Protesters march on a street on Friday during the third night of leaders of Al-Qaeda’s external operations program” and is coastal homes to safe buildings.