Posted on 09/26/2001 10:58:05 PM PDT by Kenyon
Iraq Condemns Kuwaiti provocative acts against Iraqi fishermen
Baghdad, Sept.26, INA
Iraq calls on the Arab League to intervene with the Kuwaiti government to stop its provocative acts against Iraqi fishermen who fish inside Iraqi territorial water in Basra.
In a letter to Arab League Secretary General Amrou Mousa, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said that four armed Kuwaitis on board a military boat opened fire on a group of Iraqi fishermen while they were fishing in Bobyan region near Khur al-Zubair district and tore their official identification cards on September 15.
Mr. Sabri said that the unjustifiable aggression practiced continually by Kuwaiti patrols contradicts the Arab League and UN Charters, the international law and principles of good neighborliness.
Mr. Sabri confirmed Iraq’s right to demand compensations for physical, financial and moral damage caused by such attacks.
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