SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 RABI ALAWWAL 23, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Art education Trump Muslim ‘Unforgettable’ Rooney’s helps establish remark used singer Natalie gem gives an empowered in jihadist Cole dies Van Gaal new society4 recruitment9 video aged38 65 year20 cheer Saudi Arabia executes Min 04º Max 12º High Tide 47 on terror charges 05:16 & 18:20 Low Tide 11:35 40 PAGES NO: 16744Qaeda 150 FILS ideologue, Shiite cleric among those executed RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cler- ic and dozens of Al-Qaeda members yesterday, sig- Oil output hits nalling it would not tolerate attacks, whether by Sunni jihadists or minority Shiites, and stirring sectarian anger record 3m bpd across the region. Nimr Al-Nimr was executed along with 46 other men, including Shiite activists and Sunnis KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil accused of involvement in Al-Qaeda killings, the interior Company’s crude out- ministry said. It prompted calls for demonstrations, but put reached three mil- the brother of the 56-year-old cleric called for calm in lion barrels per day at oil-rich Eastern Province. “This action will spark anger of the onset of the new (Shiite) youths” in Saudi Arabia, but “we reject violence year, an unprecedent- and clashing with authorities”, said Mohammed Al-Nimr. ed high level of the The interior ministry said the 47 men had been con- country’s crude pro- victed of adopting the radical “takfiri” ideology, joining duction. KOC said in a “terrorist organizations” and implementing various statement yesterday “criminal plots”. A list published by the official SPA news that crude oil output agency included Sunnis convicted of involvement in Al- volume increased as part “of efforts to up produc- Qaeda attacks that killed Saudis and foreigners in 2003 tivity in a transitional fashion to 3.150 million bar- and 2004. Some of them had been convicted of taking rels per day”. “What has been achieved is crucial part in May 2003 attacks on expatriate compounds in and constitutes a main step on this path,” KOC Riyadh that killed 35 people, nine of them Americans, the ministry said. said, affirming desire to hike Kuwaiti oil produc- Others were involved in attacks the following year on tion further. a housing complex in the eastern city of Khobar, in The national oil company lauded efforts of which 22 people were killed, most of them foreigners, workers and contractors to “reach this encourag- and other assaults. Among them was Fares Al-Shuwail, ing result, as part of the action scheme that lifted described by Saudi media as Al-Qaeda’s top religious output by 200,000 bpd within a record period of leader in the kingdom. Notably absent from the list, was time in April 2015”. Diligent efforts will proceed to Nimr’s nephew, Ali. He was arrested at the age of 17 and reach the target of 3.650 million bpd in 2020, an RIYADH: Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki gestures allegedly tortured during detention before being sen- objective set to meet the country’s development during a news conference at the Saudi Officers Club yesterday, follow- tenced to die, sparking fury from rights watchdogs and requirements. — KUNA ing the execution of 47 people convicted of terrorism, including promi- the United States. nent Shiite cleric Nimr Al-Nimr (inset). — AFP Continued on Page 13 7 killed in India airbase attack PATHANKOT, India: A dramatic assault Indian military installation outside dis- on an Indian airbase near the Pakistan puted Kashmir - comes a week after Police hunt for border was finally declared over yester- Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a sur- day 14 hours after suspected Islamist mil- prise visit to Pakistan, the first by an itants struck, leaving three security offi- Indian premier in 11 years. The possible gunman after cers dead, authorities said, an attack that involvement of Pakistan-based militants threatens to undermine the countries’ in the attack threatens to derail talks Tel Aviv attack fragile peace process. At least four between the nuclear-armed rivals, who attackers also died in shoot-outs with have fought three wars since independ- Arab cabbie killed security forces at Pathankot base in ence in 1947. “I congratulate our armed northern Punjab state, after gunmen sus- forces and other security forces on suc- TEL AVIV: Israeli security forces pressed a man- pected to be from the Pakistan-based cessfully neutralizing all the five terrorists hunt yesterday for the gunman who killed two Jaish-e-Mohammed group infiltrated the in ‘Pathankot Operation’,” Home Minister people and wounded seven others at a Tel Aviv site at 3:30 am (2200 GMT) yesterday. Rajnath Singh tweeted. pub, with the motive for the attack still a mystery. The assault - a rare targeting of an Continued on Page 13 The New Year’s Day shooting on busy Dizengoff Street came amid a wave of Palestinian attacks on Israelis and days after the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group threatened the Jewish state with DUBAI: A fire burns on the Address Downtown skyscraper on Friday. — AP violence. Police partially lifted a gag order yester- day evening, naming the suspected shooter as Blaze raises questions Nashaat Melhem, 31, from the Arab village of Arara in northern Israel. “Police are continuing to search for suspect who on skyscraper design murdered two Israelis in central Tel Aviv,” spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP, adding that road blocks had been set up in different parts of Emaar vows to restore hotel the city. In the hours after the attack, hundreds of police scoured the area as police helicopters DUBAI: A blaze that engulfed a Dubai Phil Barry, founder of Britain’s CWB Fire buzzed overhead. Earlier yesterday, Arara’s council skyscraper on New Year’s Eve - the emi- Safety Consultants Ltd. Barry told Reuters condemned the shooting in a statement, saying rate’s third high-rise fire in three years - that, working as a consultant in the Gulf in residents “fiercely object to any act of violence”. has raised fresh questions about the safe- 2012, he had identified “a general trend of “This is the act of one individual who does not rep- ty of materials used on the exteriors of fires in high-rises”, which in some places resent any of the town’s residents,” the statement tall buildings across the wealthy region. indicated a need for stronger regulation said, stressing that the attack was “foreign to our Hundreds of gleaming towers rose up in and tougher building codes. culture”. Gulf Arab states, especially the United Yesterday, authorities were still investi- Continued on Page 13 PATHANKOT, India: Indian Army personnel stand alert near an air force base yes- Arab Emirates and Qatar, during the past gating the cause of the fire at the Address terday during an attack on the base by suspected militants. — AFP decade’s economic boom. Ultra-modern, Downtown. Dubai police said 14 people flamboyant designs often involved heavy were lightly injured as the building was use of cladding - layers fixed to the out- evacuated; a medic at the scene said over side of buildings for decoration, insula- 60 people were treated for mild smoke Coalition announces end of Yemen truce tion or protection. inhalation and other complaints. After Dubai’s latest blaze, which securi- Mohamed Alabbar, chairman of Emaar RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition battling Iran- suitable circumstances to find a peaceful solu- Yemen. On Thursday, three civilians including ty officials said spread up the outside of Properties, which owns the hotel, said it backed rebels in Yemen announced the end tion in Yemen,” it said. two children were killed in cross-border mis- the 63-storey Address Downtown luxury had been built to the highest quality yesterday of a ceasefire that had been violat- Saudi Arabia is leading a military coalition sile attacks from Yemen on a residential area hotel and residential tower, experts are standards and following international ed on a daily basis since it was declared last that has been battling Iran-backed rebels in in the southwestern Jazan region of Saudi asking if the layers may in some cases best practice. “We are determined to month. The “coalition leadership announces neighboring Yemen since March. The rebels Arabia. Eleven others were wounded, among make buildings more vulnerable to fire. restore it to all its glory, and even surpass the end of the truce in Yemen starting from intensified their rocket attacks across the them nine children, according to the Saudi “The fires that have erupted in Dubai the splendid architectural standards,” 1400” (1100 GMT) yesterday, the alliance said Saudi border in recent days, prompting the civil defense. In Yemen itself, nearly 6,000 peo- landmarks have raised concerns about Alabbar said in a statement. He did not in a statement carried by the official Saudi coalition to threaten severe reprisals. The ple have been killed since March, according to the quality of material used to clad the discuss the reason for the blaze or the Press Agency. The ceasefire announced on statement comes after the coalition UN figures. emirate’s buildings,” The National, a lead- financial impact on Emaar, or say when Dec 15 had been ended due to continuous announced that Saudi air defense forces had Yesterday, the coalition carried out air ing UAE newspaper, reported yesterday. the hotel might reopen. rebel “attacks on the kingdom’s territories by intercepted a ballistic missile fired from strikes on different parts on the country, Experts say most of Dubai’s approxi- In February last year, hundreds of firing ballistic missiles towards Saudi cities, Yemen towards the kingdom’s city of Abha including Sanaa province, military sources mately 250 high-rise buildings use people were evacuated from one of the targeting Saudi border posts, and hampering late on Friday.