Gun battle rages in Kuwait City

[DoYouEverWonder]

Sunday, 30 January, 2005

A gun battle has erupted in Kuwait after police raided a building where militants were believed to be hiding.

Police cordoned off an area in the Salmiyah neighbourhood, from where gunfire and explosions were heard.

"They (the police) were shooting at these buildings with M16s and rocket-propelled grenades," a witness told Reuters.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4219741.stm

[Freedom_from_Chains]

1. May be another country that needs democracy brought to it

and hey, since we're in the neighboorhood anyway.

[Scurrilous]

2. 3 Die in Shootout in Kuwait's Capital

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=5&u=/ap/20050130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/kuwait_clash

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"Kuwaiti security forces stormed a building in a residential part of the capital and exchanged gunfire with suspected terrorists on Sunday, killing one in a battle that also left a security officer and a bystander dead, the government said.

The clash was the third battle this month between security forces and suspected militants. Kuwait, a major ally of the United States, has been battling some fundamentalists who oppose the presence of the American military in their country.

State-owned Kuwaiti Television reported that three suspects had died, but the Interior Ministry said later Sunday that only one was killed, along with a police officer and a Bahraini man who lived in the building. Another suspect was injured and a third was arrested, the ministry said in a statement.

Four police officers were wounded in the shootout, according to the statement."

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Thanks for the update

I can see Bush's version of peace and democracy are flourishing in Kuwait.