Kuwaiti soldiers charged with planning attack on US forces

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KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait’s armed forces have charged two of its soldiers with planning an attack on US troops in the emirate, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported Thursday.

The accused soldiers will appear before a military court, armed forces public relations chief Brigadier Yousef al-Mulla told KUNA late Wednesday.

Kuwaiti army intelligence interrogated at least five Kuwaiti soldiers after the discovery of an alleged plot to attack allied troops stationed in the emirate, the armed forces public relations office announced January 3. Several soldiers were later released.

Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah told reporters Tuesday that media reports linking the arrested soldiers to the Al Qaeda terrorist network were false.

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