CIA director visits Kuwait

A source at the American embassy in Kuwait said that the director of the US CIA, George Tenet, arrived yesterday in Kuwait, where he will hold talks in the course of a tour in the region. The source said that "he is here ( in Kuwait ) and in the region to hold consultations." The source gave no further details.

The Kuwaiti daily al- Watan said on Monday that Tenet will hold a short visit to Kuwait in the framework of a tour on the region covers Iraq and Saudi Arabia.