.Kuwait, U.S. armed forces start joint military maneuver
KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 17 (Xinhua)-- The Kuwaiti Army and the U.S. military forces on Sunday started a joint military maneuver as the country's foreign minister said the turbulence in neighboring Iraq could pose threats to Kuwait's security.
A statement from the Kuwaiti Army carried by the official KUNA news agency said the drill was aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two forces.
The exercise that will last till Jan. 26 would involve live ammunition in day and night time actions, the statement added.
Kuwait, the fourth largest exporter of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC), holds a U.S. military camp and remains a logistics base for the Pentagon to support its troops in neighboring Iraq.
The country's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told a local daily Sunday he was worried that the unabated conflicts and terrorist attacks in Iraq would spill over to the Gulf oil-exporter.
Kuwait has started a campaign to stamp out violence and terrorist threats after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. But sporadic incidents in recent years have touched the nerves of officials.
Last year, the emirate said it thwarted an al-Qaeda-linked intrigue to bomb the U.S. military camp and other important facilities in the country.
On Monday, a bogus bomb threat forced the evacuation and close of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, the second largest stock markets in the Middle East.
Xinhuanet
A statement from the Kuwaiti Army carried by the official KUNA news agency said the drill was aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two forces.
The exercise that will last till Jan. 26 would involve live ammunition in day and night time actions, the statement added.
Kuwait, the fourth largest exporter of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC), holds a U.S. military camp and remains a logistics base for the Pentagon to support its troops in neighboring Iraq.
The country's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told a local daily Sunday he was worried that the unabated conflicts and terrorist attacks in Iraq would spill over to the Gulf oil-exporter.
Kuwait has started a campaign to stamp out violence and terrorist threats after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. But sporadic incidents in recent years have touched the nerves of officials.
Last year, the emirate said it thwarted an al-Qaeda-linked intrigue to bomb the U.S. military camp and other important facilities in the country.
On Monday, a bogus bomb threat forced the evacuation and close of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, the second largest stock markets in the Middle East.
Xinhuanet
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