Saudi militants, former Iraq fighters believed behind Kuwait attacks

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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Saudi militants fleeing a security clampdown at home and Kuwaitis returning from fighting US troops in Iraq (news - web sites) are behind a spate of deadly attacks in Kuwait, security sources and Western diplomats said.


Kuwaiti security forces have clashed with suspected Islamist militants twice in less than a week in the first major armed confrontation with suspected Al-Qaeda sympathisers in the emirate.


"A number of Saudi militants have in recent weeks fled to neighbouring Gulf states, especially Kuwait. Their number is not too large but they are dangerous elements," a Kuwaiti security source told AFP.


"Intelligence agencies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are currently coordinating in this respect. Contacts are more intense between Kuwaiti and Saudi agencies."

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1. The hornets' nest has been struck.

What are we doing? Bringing peace to the middle east? I keep forgetting.

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2. I keep forgetting also!

Why are we in Iraq when the terrorists are in Saudi Arabia?