Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 9/23/2002
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of September 23, 2002
- US denies asking Americans to leave Kuwait
The US embassy in Kuwait yesterday denied to have had asked American citizens in Kuwait to leave the country because of the escalation of tension with Iraq. Kuwait-USA, Politics, 9/28/2002 - Kuwait: one million signatures on a request to investigate Israeli crimes
Kuwaiti activists started a campaign to collect one million signatures on a message asking the UN secretary general Kofi Annan to investigate in the Israeli massacres against the Palestinians. Kuwait-Palestine, Politics, 9/27/2002 - King Abdullah to visit Kuwait on Monday
An official source in the Jordanian Royal court said on Thursday that the Jordanian King Abdullah II will be visiting Kuwait on Monday in order to hold talks with the Amir of Kuwait dealing with latest developments in the region and means of supporting bilateral relations. Jordan-Kuwait, Politics, 9/27/2002 - More American patriot missiles deployed in Kuwait
Western military sources said that the US has been deploying more patriot missiles in Kuwait in order to protect its air bases, in what seems to be preparations for an American war against Iraq. Kuwait-USA, Politics, 9/27/2002 - Near Iraq's border, US troops prepare for maneuvers in Kuwait Kuwait-USA, Politics, 9/26/2002
- Al-Rai al-Am: Jordanian- Kuwaiti security talks
The Kuwaiti daily al-Rai al-Am said that the director of the Jordanian general intelligence Lt. Gen. Saad al- Kheir arrived in Kuwait last Sunday in a secret visit which lasted for three hours during which he met with the Kuwaiti minister of the interior, Mohammad Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and the assistant secretary for the state security affairs Mashaal al-Jarrah. Jordan-Kuwait, Politics, 9/26/2002 - Kuwait: the final say is today on political rights of women
The Kuwaiti constitutional court will today issue its final say concerning giving political rights to Kuwaiti woman. Kuwait, Politics, 9/25/2002 - Al-Watan: Kuwait rejects use of its lands against Iraq, without UN approval
Kuwait's Jaber al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, has announced that Kuwait informed the US its rejection to use of its lands in any military strike against Iraq unless there will be a resolution to this effect by the UN Security Council. Kuwait-iraq, Politics, 9/23/2002