Kuwait enhances security measures after al-Riyadh explosions
Kuwait, Local, 12/31/2004

The Kuwaiti authorities have reinforced security measures in various parts of the country following the two attacks in booby trapped cars on Wednesday evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Security officials and witnesses said that forces from the national guards and units of the special forces were deployed intensively around embassies and hotels and residential areas in the western quarters and around oil establishments, while the police forces held check points on the main roads.

A security official stressed that measures at this time are more intensive than those taken earlier following American warnings during the current month, noting that the security forces are following up closely most of what are called "sleeping cells".

In the mid of December Washington warned against schemes of what it called terrorist groups to launch attacks against unlimited targets in Kuwait. This was expressed in a memorandum circulated by the American embassy on its citizens in this country.

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