THULHIJJA 23, 1439 AH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 Max 45º 32 Pages Min 28º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17622 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait’s Health Minister Migrant crisis continues Iraqi amputees take the Mobot, Olympic dreams 47sets prices of medicines to haunt European Union 24 plunge to forget horrors 28 as Asian Games ends MPs up in arms over death of 2 cadets at military academy Top military officers suspended; Reports show cadets died of dehydration By B Izzak KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday expressed outrage at Amir to meet Trump what they described a “murder” of two cadets at the military academy during training and called for strict CAIRO: Kuwait’s ruler will travel to Washington today punishments to those who were directly responsible. and hold talks with US President Donald Trump, the Opposition Islamist MP Mohammad Hayef said that two state news agency KUNA announced yesterday. It was cadets were “killed” in what he described as a “mas- not immediately clear what the leaders would discuss, sacre” at the academy when they were forced to stand but HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has under the scorching heat of the sun for hours while car- led mediation efforts to resolve a year-long dispute rying heavy weights during training. between Gulf Arab neighbors after Saudi Arabia, the He said several other cadets were suffering of injuries United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomat- and one of them in a grave condition as the senior officers ic, trade and transport ties with Qatar. also refused to give them any water. Hayef said provisional The four countries accuse Doha of supporting ter- medical reports have shown that the two cadets had died rorism and cosying up to regional foe Iran. Doha of dehydration and malfunction of vital organs. Defense denies those charges. US President Donald Trump Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah cut publicly sided with the Saudis and Emiratis early on short his treatment from cancer in Britain and returned to in the crisis but then began pushing for a resolution the country to lead investigations into the issue. to restore Gulf unity and maintain a united front Sheikh Nasser ordered the formation of a committee against Iran. from outside the ministry to probe the causes of the Reuters reported in July that the administration was quietly pushing ahead with a bid to create a new security death of the two students and the injury of several oth- and political alliance with six Gulf Arab states, Egypt and ers. The minister yesterday ordered the suspension of all Jordan, in part to counter Iranís expansion in the region, officials linked to the incident and training while the citing US and Arab officials. The administrationís hope is chief of staff General Mohammad Al-Khadher ordered that the effort, tentatively known as the Middle East major changes to training programs at the academy. Strategic Alliance, might be discussed at a summit provi- DAMASCUS: Children return from school at the Jaramana Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus. But MP Hayef said that the suspension of the officers sionally scheduled for Washington on Oct 12-13, the The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has been a lifeline for millions of Palestinians since it was set up is not sufficient and they deserve to be sent to jail until sources said, though the Qatar rift could present a big nearly 70 years ago. — AFP (See Page 24) the results of the investigations are published. He called obstacle.— Reuters on the relatives of the deceased and those injured to file Continued on Page 24 Life upended Iran boosts for those left its defenses DUBAI: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali off Indian Khamenei said yesterday war was unlikely but called on Iran’s armed forces to boost their defense capacities, citizenship list according to his official website, as the country faces increased tension with the United States. On Saturday, GUWAHATI: Nimai Hajong remembers almost nothing of Iran announced plans to boost its ballistic and cruise the hills of eastern Bangladesh where he was born more missile capacity and acquire modern fighter planes and than half a century ago, having fled as a small child to submarines to boost its defenses following the US pull- India where he has lived as a refugee ever since. The 58- out from Tehran’s nuclear agreement with world powers. year-old has been declared a foreigner - one of four mil- GUWAHATI, India: Nimai Hajong and his wife Sinibala Hajong “Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that based on polit- lion people effectively stripped of citizenship by the gov- sit in front of their house in Bamunigaon village in Assam’s ical calculations there is no likelihood of a military war ernment of the northeastern state of Assam. Kamrup district. — AFP but added that the armed forces must be vigilant ... and Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Their names have been left off a draft list of citizens raise their personnel and equipment capacities,” the published late July that rights groups say threatens to ren- India’s Hindu majority at the expense of minorities. India website quoted Khamenei as telling commanders of arsenal and its role in wars in Syria and Yemen. Iranian der millions stateless if they cannot prove they are Indian. will hold a national election next year. Many of those left Iran’s air defense forces. “The Supreme Leader said ...the President Hassan Rouhani said last month the Islamic The controversial registry includes only those able to off the list are Muslims, but those of other minorities and air defense units were a very sensitive part of the armed Republic’s military prowess was what deterred show they were in Assam before 1971, when millions fled faiths - including Hindus - have also missed out. forces and on the front line of confronting the enemy, Washington from attacking it. Separately, a senior Iranian to the state to escape Bangladesh’s war of independence, Assam, where one third of the population is Muslim, and emphasized the need to increase their readiness and diplomat met visiting UK Junior Foreign Minister Alistair and their descendants. has for decades been wracked by tensions over migrants capabilities,” the website said in its report on the gather- Burt and urged swift European action on a planned However, many whose families arrived before 1971 say and is the only Indian state to compile such a register. Just ing, which was held to mark Iran’s Air Defense Day. package of economic measures to offset the U.S. pullout authorities have rejected their papers and left them off the over four million of the total Assam population of more Saturday’s news of the military development plans from the accord and the reimpositions of sanctions by list. Critics say it is the latest move by the right-wing gov- than 30 million people who applied to be on the list were came a day after Iran dismissed a French call for negotia- Washington, the state news agency IRNA reported. ernment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bolster Continued on Page 24 tions on Tehran’s future nuclear plans, its ballistic missile Continued on Page 24 Duterte eyes arms US to cancel deals on Israel trip Pakistan aid WASHINGTON: The US military plans to cancel $300 MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte million in aid to Pakistan due to Islamabad’s lack of yesterday left for a visit to Israel and Jordan, pursu- “decisive actions” in support of American strategy in ing a pivot away from his nation’s long-time reliance the region, the Pentagon said yesterday. The US has on American military hardware and support. The been pushing Pakistan to crack down on militant safe four-day visit to Israel will be the first by a havens in the country, and announced a freeze on aid at Philippine leader in more than 60 years of diplo- the beginning of the year that an official said could be matic ties between the two nations, even though the worth almost $2 billion. links between their people go back to Manila’s shel- The Defense Department has sought to cut aid by tering of Jews during the Holocaust. $300 million “due to a lack of Pakistani decisive actions Duterte’s visit has generated much attention, in support of the South Asia Strategy,” Lieutenant powered both by his penchant for foul-mouthed Colonel Kone Faulkner said in an email to AFP. “We statements - including likening himself to Hitler - continue to press Pakistan to indiscriminately target all and his internationally condemned drug crackdown terrorist groups,” Faulkner said, adding that the latest that has killed thousands. Duterte, accompanied by aid cut request was pending Congressional approval. an entourage including soldiers and police, will sit The announcement came days before US Secretary of down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to visit Islamabad to hold an event with some of the thousands of Filipino meet new Prime Minister Imran Khan. migrant workers in Israel. Pakistan has fought fierce campaigns against home- “We assign great importance to this visit, which grown militant groups, and says it has lost thousands of LAHORE: Pakistani demonstrators take part in a protest against US aid cuts in Lahore. —AFP symbolizes the strong, warm ties between our two lives and spent billions of dollars in its long war on peoples,” Israel’s foreign ministry said in a state- extremism. But US officials accuse Islamabad of ignor- It also believes that a Pakistani crackdown could be angered Pakistani officials.