Two Kuwaiti policemen hurt in clash with militants

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KUWAIT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Kuwait security forces clashed with gunmen in southern Kuwait on Saturday and at least two policemen were wounded, Kuwaiti security sources said.

"There's been an exchange of fire between the security forces and gunmen in Umm al-Haiman in southern Kuwait. At least two policemen are wounded," one source told Reuters. "The area has been cordoned off."

Umm al-Haiman is in Ahmadi governorate which houses Kuwait's largest refinery, the 460,000 barrels per day Mina al-Ahmadi coastal plant. But the sources said there was no indication at all that any of the country's oil facilities had been targeted.

No further details were immediately available. The incident follows last Monday's clash in a Kuwait city suburb between Islamist militants and state security in which two members of state security and one gunman were killed.

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The US occupation of Iraq appears to be spilling over into Kuwait and Saudi Arabia? Not a good development.