SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 SHAWWAL 16, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net HRW slams Rouhani blasts All quiet in Fired-up Tsonga revocation critics of Gaza as stuns Federer of critics’ nuclear policy 72-hour to win citizenship2 as ‘cowards’7 truce holds8 Toronto20 Masters Citizenship of prominent Max 46º Min 31º cleric, activists revoked High Tide 01:03 & 12:25 15 naturalized Constitutional court amendments become law Low Tide • 06:44 & 19:33 40 PAGES NO: 16252 150 FILS KUWAIT: The Cabinet revoked the citizenship of 10 people yesterday including opposition activists and an influential Egypt, Saudis seek united front young cleric who has openly criticized the government of bowing to pressure from Washington to clamp down on financial assistance to Syrian rebels. The Cabinet said the RIYADH: The leaders of the Arab world’s most populous decision was based on a provision in the nationality law state and its richest state met on Sunday to talk over that allows citizenship to be revoked of those who threat- joint efforts to counter Islamist militancy across the en Kuwait’s security, social order or economy. The Cabinet, Middle East, including the turmoil now shaking Iraq. on the other hand, approved a draft decree granting citi- President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s zenship to 15 people - children of military men who took King Abdullah are sworn enemies of the Muslim part in repelling the attack on a convoy of late Amir Sheikh Brotherhood. They see the recent success of militants in Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Iraq as a threat to their stability and undermining securi- Al-Sabah in 1985. ty in the region. A few weeks earlier, the Sisi’s spokesman, Ehab Badawi, said the two leaders Cabinet stripped five critics agreed to work together to promote the “true and mod- of their citizenship in what erate values of Islam that reject extremism and terror- appears to be part of a ism”. “President Sisi and King Abdullah also reviewed the larger crackdown that casts development of the situation in Iraq in light of the a net on both suspected expanding of the circle of terrorism in the region,” financiers of extremist Badawi said, according to Egypt’s Middle East news groups and people calling agency. for political reform. Human “There is no doubt that the meeting between the Rights Watch over the leadership of the two countries is important in light of weekend criticized the the current circumstance of the Arab and Muslim Kuwaiti government’s deci- nation,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said, sion to strip citizens of their according to state news agency SPA. “(There are) exter- nationality, and called on Nabil Al-Awadhi nal wars, intervention from foreign powers, internal sedi- authorities to “drop this tion and disputes within the Arab nation at a time when malign policy”. “No government has the right to strip away it is in utmost need for solidarity and to stand together its people’s citizenship simply because it disapproves of as one man to repel the enmities,” he said. Prince Faisal them, their opinions, or their actions,” said Joe Stork, hoped their meeting “could help resolve the Arab deputy Middle East and North Africa director. “This is yet world’s problems” such as the difficulties facing another downward step in Kuwait’s assault on the right to “Palestinians and Syrians as well as the sedition in Iraq free speech.” and differences in Libya”. The official Kuwait News Agency reported the Cabinet’s The visit is Sisi’s first since his election to the presiden- latest decision, which said that the 10 had been naturalized cy this year. The pair met on King Abdullah’s plane in citizens but failed to meet requirements for the status. The Cairo in June, and Riyadh regards the former Egyptian JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud hands Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Cabinet statement did not list the names of the people army leader as one of its closest regional allies. (left) a royal certificate after decorating him with the King Abdul Aziz medal, the most prestigious medal in whose citizenship was revoked and did not specify which Continued on Page 15 the desert kingdom, during their meeting in this Red Sea port of Jeddah on Sunday. — AFP requirements for naturalization they had failed to meet. Continued on Page 15 Maliki replaced but refuses to go Power struggle on Baghdad streets BAGHDAD: Iraq’s president named a turned against him. new prime minister to end Nouri Al- Maliki himself said nothing about the New flotilla Maliki’s eight year rule yesterday, but the decision to replace him, standing in veteran leader refused to go after grim-faced silence yesterday next to a deploying militias and special forces on member of his Dawa Party, who read out to challenge the streets, creating a dangerous politi- a statement on national television cal showdown in Baghdad. Washington, declaring Abadi’s nomination illegal. Gaza blockade which helped install Maliki following its Abadi “represents only himself”, the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Dawa member, Khalaf Abdul-Samad ISTANBUL: A Turkish pro-Palestinian group plans Hussein, congratulated Haidar Al-Abadi, said. Earlier, Maliki gave a midnight to send aid ships to Gaza to challenge the Israeli a former Maliki lieutenant who was address vowing to sue the president for blockade, it said yesterday, four years after Israeli named by President Fouad Masoum to failing to nominate him, in what looked commandos stormed its flotilla bound for the terri- replace him. like a desperate move by a beleaguered tory, killing 10 Turks. The plan may hinder efforts to But Maliki’s Dawa Party declared his leader making his last stand. Maliki’s FERGUSON, Missouri: A looter leaves a store on Sunday after a vigil for unarmed rebuild shattered diplomatic ties between Turkey and Israel, just as Ankara launched an “air corridor” replacement illegal, and Maliki’s son-in- son-in-law Hussein Al-Maliki told Reuters 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by a police officer turned law said he would overturn it in court. his camp would fight the “illegal” deci- violent. — AP carrying wounded Palestinians to Turkey and aid to Gaza. The Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) Washington delivered a stern warning sion: “We will not stay silent. The nomi- announced that activists from 12 countries had to Maliki not to “stir the waters” by nation is illegal and a breach of the con- decided to launch a convoy of boats to Gaza “in the using force to cling to power. A Shiite stitution. We will go to the federal court Riots in US city after shadow of the latest Israeli aggression. Islamist, Maliki is blamed by his erst- to object.” “The Freedom Flotilla Coalition affirmed that, as while allies in Washington and Tehran Washington made its support for the most governments are complicit, the responsibility for driving the alienated Sunni minority new leader clear. The White House said cop kills black teen falls on civil society to challenge the Israeli block- into a revolt that threatens to destroy Vice President Joe Biden relayed ade on Gaza,” it said in a statement after the group the country. Leaders of Iraq’s Sunni and President Barack Obama’s congratula- met in Istanbul at the weekend. An IHH spokes- FERGUSON, Missouri: A candlelight vig- times Saturday in a scuffle with an officer Kurdish communities have demanded tions to Abadi in a phone call. woman did not elaborate but said the group would he go, and many fellow Shiites have Continued on Page 15 il for a young unarmed black man who in Ferguson. hold a news conference today. Turkish Foreign was fatally shot by a suburban St Louis The investigation into what led to the Ministry officials had no immediate comment. police officer was followed by unrest as shooting was ongoing, but Ferguson Nine Turks were killed in May 2010 in interna- crowds looted and burned stores, van- Police Chief Tom Jackson told AP yester- tional waters when Israeli soldiers raided their ves- dalized vehicles and taunted officers day that the FBI was taking over the case sel, the Mavi Marmara, leading a flotilla to break who tried to block access to parts of the and that he welcomed the move. Streets Israel’s blockade of Gaza. A 10th Turkish activist city. Nearly three dozen people were upended on Sunday night were relatively died in May from wounds suffered in the attack. arrested after tensions erupted following quiet early yesterday, with some debris Turkey’s relationship with its former ally Israel had a candlelight vigil Sunday night for 18- littering the area but crowds largely dis- been tense since late 2008 over a previous Israeli year-old Michael Brown, who police said persed. military operation in Gaza. — Reuters was unarmed when he was shot multiple Continued on Page 15 Jazeera America logs first ’versary NEW YORK: Al-Jazeera America marks its Al-Jazeera bought and closed Al Gore’s deadly factory fire in Bangladesh. The net- first anniversary on the air next week, and if Current TV network last year and set up the work had six first-place finishes in the you haven’t watched much, you’re not alone. US-focused AJAM to replace Al-Jazeera National Headliner Awards, which honors The news network has recorded some star- English in the US It is now available in nearly notable journalism. Two weeks ago, the tlingly low ratings and recently shown signs 60 million cable and satellite homes, just National Association of Black Journalists of retrenchment with layoffs and by cutting over half the US market.