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Su Jan 30 -

NEW ERA OR NEW EMPIRE -

Kuwaiti Islamists have just announced the creation of the first political party in the Gulf region...

*The Ummah Party said it would endeavor to achieve political, economic and military unity among the Gulf countries to protect the region and to dispense with the foreign military presence which threatens its sovereignty and independence.*

:: Islam Online - News Section ::

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So, is this (below) just a random coincidence?

*KUWAIT CITY - A fierce hourlong battle between police and suspected terrorists holed up in a residential building Sunday left a most-wanted fundamentalist, one policeman and a Bahraini resident dead, the government said.

It was the third shootout this month between security forces and suspected militants in Kuwait, a major U.S. ally that has been battling fundamentalists who oppose the presence of the American military here...

The government reiterated its resolve to uproot "this group that has lost its way" and called on more public cooperation with police.*

:: AP via Billings Gazette ::

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