Posted on 02/06/2005 10:42:16 AM PST by HAL9000
AL-QAEDA MILITANTS' PLANS
Al-Qaeda-linked militants who fought four bloody gun battles with Kuwaiti forces over the last month plotted to kidnap and execute US soldiers and westerners, according to a report.
Nasser Khlaif al-Enezi, who was killed on January 30, planned to kidnap US soldiers and western civilians.
They would then be executed on film, his brother Amer, the alleged leader of the group, told interrogators.
The newspaper Al-Qabas said his brother, who was a senior member of the group, received training in such operations while in Iraq fighting against US-led coalition troops.
Nasser also received instructions from armed terror groups in Iraq fighting against US military convoys on their way to Iraq from bases in Kuwait.
The idea was to obstruct supplies bound for Baghdad, according to the paper.
The killings were to have taken place at a house in Umm Al-Haiman, south of the capital, which is close to the largest US military base in Arifjan and also near American supply lines.
Security forces raided the house on January 15, killing a Saudi militant and arresting three other militants as a number fled.
Security for US military convoys has been stepped up with more Kuwaiti police cars escorting the convoys.
The Kuwaitis should always be super-vigilant and take nothing for granted.
No holds barred, no pulled punches. Just go....
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