SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 SHAWWAL 20, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Amir receives Facing Islamic Ahmadinejad Records national State threat, seeking tumble as moderation Iraq digitizes political Australia strike document2 national8 library comeback15 double20 gold Trial of Sadeq Mosque Min 30º Max 47º bombing suspects opens High Tide 01:54 & 13:49 Low Tide Man who ferried bomber admits being IS member 08:22 & 20:34 40 PAGES NO: 16600 150 FILS By Meshal Al-Enezi and Agencies a hideout owned by two other suspects. conspiracy theories Saud also confessed to transporting an ice- KUWAIT: The main suspect in a deadly box containing the explosives belt used in attack on a Shiite mosque in June con- the attack from near the border with Saudi Charity bus stops fessed at the criminal court yesterday to Arabia. The icebox was delivered by two being in the jihadist Islamic State group. Saudi brothers who Abdulrahman Sabah Saud, a 26-year-old are now in custody in bedoon, told the first hearing of the trial of Saudi Arabia along 22 men and seven women that he joined IS with a third brother just a day before the June By Badrya Darwish 26 suicide bombing that killed 26 people and SEE PAGE 3 FOR FULL wounded hundreds. It COURT TRANSCRIPT was the worst ever attack in the state. Although the [email protected] public prosecution has not released the who was arrested in official charge sheets, a number of defen- Kuwait. Saud said he Abdulrahman Saud dants are charged with being in a pro- met the bomber late scribed group and taking part in the on the Thursday night, a day before the us stops, bus stops. The stops which cannot stop. bombing. Most are also accused of assist- attack, at the airport and took him to a five- If you take the bus in my country, Kuwait, you’ll ing those behind the attack. star hotel. At 2:30 the next morning, he took stand in the heat of the summer, which actually B Saud, who drove Saudi bomber Fahd Al- him to a restaurant for the suhoor meal and stretches for many months, unfortunately for all of us. KUWAIT: A special forces vehicle is parked outside the Palace of Justice in Kuwait Qabaa to the Imam Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait then returned him to the hotel. Literally from May until the end of October. I find it City yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat City, was arrested two days after the blast in Continued on Page 15 impossible to stand in the heat or humidity waiting for the bus. I often wonder why can’t Kuwait build decent bus stops with a few seats with closed, transparent glass so you can see what’s inside, and air conditioned, Vigil held for slain Palestinian toddler of course. In other countries where it’s very cold, bus stops are heated. Actually let’s not travel far abroad. Let’s talk about Dubai, a neighboring country. The bus stops there have seats and air conditioning. I don’t think a bus stop needs a big budget. It will not cause a crisis or a budget deficit. On the other hand, it’s not a few people that use the bus. Most expatriates are using buses. At least a third of the nation is using buses. It’s the lower income laborers, domestic workers and lower white-collars who don’t make big salaries, along with many employ- ees who cannot get a driving license or cannot afford to drive a car or use taxis all the time. It’s not only that the bus stops are horrible. There is no shade, no shelter. Nothing to protect you from the heat, sun and dust. So how do you expect these poor workers and employees to travel? It’s not that we have the most reliable or extensive network of buses that cover most streets. These poor souls still have to walk some distance to their homes. But it’s not too much to ask for a comfortable and air-conditioned place to wait for the bus in a country like my country where the heat KUWAIT: Kuwaitis hold a protest vigil near the US Embassy in Bayan yesterday over the killing of a Palestinian toddler who burned to death after his family’s in July or August easily hits over 50ºC. house was attacked by Israeli settlers in Nablus last week. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat In fact, forget the government, I’m calling on the private sector to donate and sponsor bus stops. Banks, telecoms and other big companies can easily afford to Minister dismisses ‘differences’ fund an air-conditioned bus stop here or there and put News their ads on the stop to compensate. Many people put in brief sabeels (water coolers) on the streets, and kudos to with Saudi Arabia over oilfields them. But they could also sponsor a bus stop that is 12 dead after building air-conditioned, clean and with seating. Why not? KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs bilateral relations. Sheikh Mohammad reaffirmed collapses near Mumbai Charity has many faces. Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak the deep-rooted social, cultural, economic and So please, whoever reads my article and can help, Al-Sabah yesterday reiterated strong historical political ties between the two countries. MUMBAI: A dilapidated building killed 12 people when it col- lapsed outside Mumbai yesterday, a rescue official said, the come forward and Kuwait Times will give you enough ties with Saudi Arabia. Speaking to KUNA, He underscored that Kuwait is keen on over- second such accident around the Indian financial capital in a coverage and support, I promise. Sheikh Mohammad said that the existing dif- coming differences or disagreements with week. Rescuers pulled seven people out of the rubble alive ferences with the kingdom over the joint oil- “friendly and sister countries”, especially Saudi after the three-storey structure crumbled overnight while fields of Al-Khafji and Al-Wafra are merely Arabia. Kuwait recently formed a commission to families were sleeping inside, the official said. The building, Qatar FM urges “technical” and will be resolved for the inter- investigate leaks of correspondence between the which crumbled around 2:00 am, was situated in the Naupada ests of both countries. Kuwaiti and Saudi oil ministers on the produc- area of Thane city near Mumbai. A family of five was rescued Saudi Arabia is the historical and strategic depth tion of oil from the divided zone between the with the help of a sniffer dog, according to the official, who Iran dialogue of Kuwait, he stressed, ruling out any disturbance to Sheikh Mohammad two states. — KUNA said relief efforts ended after everybody was accounted for. DOHA: Qatar’s top diplomat yesterday called for a “seri- Iran sculptor dedicates ous dialogue” with Iran in the wake of its nuclear deal Egypt’s disaffected youth with world powers, even as he blasted Tehran for con- work to Cecil the lion tinuing to support Syria’s embattled government. TEHRAN: Iran’s top sculptor Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah made the comments drawn towards extremism Parviz Tanavoli is to dedicate a in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press new work to Cecil, the lion who that also touched on the controversy surrounding CAIRO: The 20-year-old law student gave the Muslim Brotherhood political just flip things over,” he said. “The was killed by an American den- Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup and allegations says he has had enough of fruitless dominance and made Morsi the coun- Brotherhood thought they could play tist in Zimbabwe sparking an of Doha’s links to Islamic militant groups. protests in support of Egypt’s deposed try’s first freely elected president. the democratic game, but in the end, international outcry. “The cruel Attiyah spoke from a sky- Islamist president, two years of a losing “Democracy doesn’t work. If we win, they were beaten.” killing of the Zimbabwean lion scraper office overlooking the struggle with police. Now he wants to the powers that be, whoever they are, Continued on Page 15 known as Cecil broke my heart,” rapidly developing Qatari capital, join the extremists of the Islamic State said the 78-year-old, who has Doha, a day after US Secretary of group who are battling the army in the created many distinctive sculp- State John Kerry met with the six- Sinai Peninsula. He and other youths tures of lions in a career span- are growing increasingly open in their ning six decades. “In memory of Parviz Tanavoli member Gulf Cooperation Council calls for violence and a move toward in Qatar. Kerry’s visit was aimed in him, I will be dedicating one of extremism, frustrated by the police my latest lions to him in order to keep his memory alive large part at reassuring the Arab crackdown since the military ousted allies of America’s commitment to and to help stop cruelty to animals,” he told the ISNA President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. news agency. Tanavoli said it still saddened him that their security following the deal, Some want to avenge friends and fam- Iran’s last lion died some 50 years ago. which gives Iran broad sanctions ily killed or abused by police. Khalid Al-Attiyah relief in exchange for guarantees Once sympathetic to Morsi’s it won’t build a nuclear bomb. Muslim Brotherhood, some of them Dubai aims to beat own The Gulf states have welcomed the deal despite resent it as weak and ineffectual.