Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says

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Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says

Thu Apr 21, 9:17 am ET

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait's foreign minister said an Iranian spy cell uncovered

by the Gulf Arab state last year monitored the U.S. military presence and

possessed explosives to bomb " strategic " facilities. " We are talking about a

cell whose task was not only to monitor and record the (U.S.) military presence

that is in their view hostile -- the American forces presence on Kuwait lands --

but it exceeded that, " Sheikh Mohammad al-Salem al-Sabah told Dubai-based Al

Arabiya television.

" They had explosives and the intention to explode vital Kuwaiti facilities. They

had names of officers and they had extremely sensitive information. This

indicates bad intentions to harm Kuwaiti security. "

OPEC-member Kuwait hosts Camp Arifjan, a vast U.S. logistics base in the desert

south of the capital that serves as a staging post for U.S. forces being

deployed in neighboring Iraq.

The United States has air and naval installations in Gulf Arab states, some of

which are little more than 200 km (120 miles) from Iran's coast. The U.S.

Central Command keeps its forward headquarters in Qatar while Bahrain hosts the

U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.

Last month, a Kuwaiti court sentenced two Iranians and a Kuwaiti to death for

being part of an alleged Iranian spy ring in a case that has strained relations

between Kuwait and the Islamic Republic.

Earlier this month, Iran expelled three Kuwaiti diplomats in a tit-for-tat move

after the Gulf emirate said it would throw out three Iranian diplomats in a row

over spy allegations.

The move came after Kuwait expelled three Iranian diplomats, a Kuwaiti official

had said.

Kuwaiti media said in May 2010 that authorities had detained a number of people,

Kuwaitis and foreigners, suspected of engaging in espionage for Iran. Media

reports said they were accused of gathering information on Kuwaiti and U.S.

military sites for Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

But Sheikh Mohammad said Kuwait still wants good relations with Iran. " We

completely reject severing ties (with Iran), " he said, although he added that

Iran needs to treat Gulf ation Council states as " sovereign " and not

" subordinate. "

Iran's relations with its U.S.-allied Gulf Arab neighbors, who offer various

facilities to U.S. forces, have soured since popular uprisings were suppressed

by government forces.

Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf Arab states accused Shi'ite power Iran of interfering in

their affairs after Tehran objected to the dispatch of Saudi and UAE troops to

help Bahrain put down protests by its Shi'ite majority in March.

(Reporting by Mahmoud Habboush; Writing by Eman Goma; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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This administration has aided and abetted uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa and it is playing in Iran's hands and the anti-Israeli feelings in Europe and the UN. The longer this goes on the less likely I think it will end well. It will likely all come to a head in September when the UN tries to award statehood to the Palestinian terrorists.

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Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says

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This administration has aided and abetted uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa and it is playing in Iran's hands and the anti-Israeli feelings in Europe and the UN. The longer this goes on the less likely I think it will end well. It will likely all come to a head in September when the UN tries to award statehood to the Palestinian terrorists.

In a message dated 4/22/2011 2:31:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

Iran cell planned attacks in Kuwait, minister says