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Sa Feb 5 -

Q8: HOT ICE ~
Here's Da Plan . . .

Kuwaiti security forces are hunting several key militant suspects after a recent spate of al-Qaeda-linked violence in the state. Militant suicide bombers had been planning to target US convoys and other US citizens in the country.

Amer Khlaif Al-Enezi confessed he had enough explosives to wire 10 cars and explode them minutes apart to confuse authorities, and the priority was for American targets, the pro-government Al-Anba Daily quoted a security source as saying...

According to Al-Anba, the group trained on using weapons and making explosives in the Kuwaiti desert. Many of them, including Al-Enezi’s brother, Nasser, trained on wiring cars in Iraq. The brother was killed in a clash on Jan 30.

The ringleader reportedly said the group’s ultimate aim was to set up an "Islamic emirate" in Kuwait...

Al-Enezi claimed that the money came from a Saudi national named Sulaiman Al-Ghamidi... And it was reported that the weapons were smuggled into Kuwait from Iraq via Saudi Arabia.

Investigations also revealed the Ministry of Interior has ordered all stationary vehicles off the road, particularly routes used by military convoys, after it was learnt that the terrorists were planning to plant explosives in trucks used to carry ice and then detonate them as the military convoys approach...

A security source also quoted Amer as telling interrogators that securitymen will not be able to arrest Mohsen Al-Fadhli alive because he always wears a belt around his waist laden with explosives...

Apparently, the trouble all started for Amer when he gave a sermon titled "Fallujah," calling on the people of Kuwait to support the people of Fallujah and criticizing the US attacks against the city...

Speaking about action taken against the former secretary-general of the Salafist movement, Hamid Al-Ali, Al-Shihab said Ali was a volunteer in the ministry and had earlier been suspended from work for posting radical ideas on the Internet...

Since then the ministry has been keeping a watch on preachers to ascertain they do not go astray... and so far, has terminated the services of 12 imams for not complying with rules and regulations set by the ministry.

-- Excerpts from an article at:
:: The Arab Times of KUWAIT ::

+ Question: Is the Al-Ghamidi allegedly identified above a member of the Saudi Al-Ghamdi Family, which has been described as rich and powerful? Is "Al-Ghamidi" a spelling variant of "Al-Ghamdi" when transliterated into English? This needs some clarification. A medical student named Al-Ghamdi blew up the mess hall in Mosul. And, it was reported, some of the 9/11 bombers were also named Al-Ghamdi. Just a puzzling point.

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