Arabic News Weekly Edition for Kuwait, 2/16/2004
Weekly Edition, Kuwait - Week of February 16, 2004
- Kuwait calls for understanding western demands for reforms; Moussa: the reforms will fail if not fully discussed
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL), Amr Moussa, considered that the American and European initiatives for political and democratic reforms in the Middle East "are incomplete" because they do not tackle the Arab- Israeli conflict. He said that there is no "opportunity" for initiatives that are not discussed with the parties concerned. Kuwait, Politics, 2/21/2004 - Kuwait bans Bahraini citizens from entering its lands
The Kuwaiti authorities prevented Bahraini citizens, the chairman of the national reconciliation society, Ali Salman, member of the Democratic national labor society council, Ibrahim al-Sharif, from entering its lands. Bahrain-Kuwait, Politics, 2/19/2004 - Some 25 soldiers were wounded as their bus collided in Kuwait
A spokesman for the American army announced yesterday that some 25 American soldiers were injured as their bus collided near an air base to the north of Kuwait. Kuwait-USA, Local, 2/18/2004 - Acts of violence returned back against the Kuwaitis in Iraq
Incidents to kidnap Kuwaitis in Iraq returned back once again to threaten each Kuwaiti thinking of heading to Iraq, finding himself a captive for a gang that would ask for a large sum of money to release him. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 2/18/2004 - Syrian- Kuwaiti relations are deeply rooted
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara stressed that the meeting of Iraq's neighboring countries was the most successful, describing its results as positive. Syria-Kuwait, Politics, 2/17/2004 - Parliamentary committee in Kuwait investigates the fuel of the American army
The Kuwaiti Ummah council ( parliament) approved unanimously yesterday the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate corruption accusations in the deals providing the American army in Iraq with fuel. Kuwait-Iraq, Politics, 2/17/2004