Kuwait Says It Foiled Al Qaeda Attack On US Base

Zawya Dow Jones reports that "Kuwait security forces have arrested members of an Al Qaida-linked group planning to attack a U.S. military base and other facilities in the oil-rich Persian Gulf state, the country's state-run news agency said Tuesday. The Interior Ministry said in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency that a terrorist cell of six Kuwaitis are being held and have confessed to a plot to attack Camp Arifjan, the headquarters of the country's internal security agency as well as 'other important facilities.' Camp Arifjan is a new facility built as a permanent base for U.S. troops in Kuwait. It houses about 15,000 troops."
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