All articles - Kuwait

Terrorism

Kuwait warrants a 4-5 rating because of the very high [...]

The Hidden Face of Kuwait's Oil Riches

The recent discovery of the part played by a Bin Laden lieutenant, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, in preparing the Sept. 11 attacks confirms the importance of Kuwait's fundamentalist network in Al Qaeda.

Abdullah Al Mutawa

Just as she was leaving the State Department, Madeleine Albright consulted lengthily with her Kuwati counterpart, Sabah Al Ahmed, to [...]

ALA'A HUSSEIN ALI

The head of the short-lived Kuwaiti government installed by Iraq during its 1990 invasion of the emirate surprised many observers [...]

SUSPICION OVER U.S. CONTRACTS

If the political crisis presently gripping Kuwait continues it could well bring to the surface many cases of corruption involving [...]

GERMAN AND FINNISH GAS MASKS

Fearing a chemical attack by its Iraqi neighbor, Kuwait has [...]

ROUGH HOMECOMING FOR PRINCE

Kuwait's crown prince and prime minister, sheikh Saad al Abdullah as Salim as Sabah, could be in for a rough [...]

AFTERMATH OF KUWAIT ATTACK

An attempt to assassinate Abdullah al Naibari, a leading Kuwaiti opposition figure, on June 6 has sown fresh political instability [...]

AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM FOR GULF

Two big American groups are lining up against British and French concerns for a contract worth between $300-400 million to [...]

THE KUWAIT-EGYPT MONEY LINK

For some weeks the Egyptian intelligence services have been issuing warnings to Kuwait about the extent of fundamentalist activity in [...]

MAJOR MANEUVERS WITH RUSSIA

The first joint land and sea maneuvers by Kuwaiti and Russian forces will begin on 24 December. They will take [...]

MIRAGE 2000-5S VERSUS F-18S

While they wait for a decision which should be made before the end of this year, the French company Dassault [...]

EGYPTIAN INSTRUCTORS

Forty-three Egyptian instructors have been hired since the beginning of [...]

ALI AL-MOUMEN

The new chief of staff of the Kuwaiti army, General Ali al-Moumen, and his deputy, General Fuhd al-Amir, officially took [...]

GENERALS TO LEAVE SOON

Top generals of the Kuwaiti army will be quitting their jobs beginning in May. The departures will be spaced out [...]

An agreement was supposed to have been signed this week [...]