Kuwait Foils Biochem Arms Smuggling From Iraq

Dow Jones Newswires ^ | October 1 | AP

[Pete]

KUWAIT CITY (AP)--Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said Wednesday.

The pro-government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It didn't say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but didn't say when.

Government officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.

[Aeronaut]

[mewzilla]

WTF is going on?

My guess? Someone shot off his mouth without the US's approval...

[Republican Red]

From your Hindipaper link

Kuwait foils smuggling of chemicals, bio warheads from Iraq

Associated Press

Kuwait City, October 2

Kuwaiti security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle $60 million worth of chemical weapons and biological warheads from Iraq to an unnamed European country, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Wednesday. The pro-Government Al-Siyassah, quoting an unnamed security source, said the suspects had been watched by security since they arrived in Kuwait and were arrested "in due time." It did not say when or how the smugglers entered Kuwait or when they were arrested.

The paper said the smugglers might have had accomplices inside Kuwait. It said Interior Minister Sheik Nawwaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah would hand over the smuggled weapons to an FBI agent at a news conference, but did not say when.

Government officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Iraqi Interior Minister Nouri Al-Badran met on Tuesday with Sheik Nawwaf and discussed cooperation between the two countries in security matters. His visit is the first by an Iraqi interior minister to Kuwait since 1990.

[Pete]

Thanks for finding the link.

I was going crazy.

[Peach]

Thanks for the ping. I'd have missed this and this is really the kind of thread I'm most interested in.

The Wilson story is fascinating, but ultimately doesn't affect our national security.

This story, however...

[AlextheWise1]

be vewy vewy quiet. Rove is hunting democratic congressional seats...

[swarthyguy]

Be interesting to know the destination in Europe.

[End Times Sentinel]

 Now, I can't link to it without revealing URL that would allow anyone to access by account.

C'mon Pete, don't be like that, you can trust us!

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[mewzilla]

Well, now that this report has seen the light of day, even if only briefly, it's going to be hard to stuff the genie back in the bottle. Hope they've got a Plan B.

[Peach]

Thanks for posting this. We can't expect most of the lamestream press to pick up on it.

[avg_freeper]

I've got an original link you can use:

The Kuwait story

The key was iterating throught the StoryID value until I hit it.

[cookcounty]

"Google never fails"

Oh yes it does: "rove" + "froogwalk" (or)" frogwalked" gets you zilch.

[MeanWestTexan]

No kidding about the "destination in Europe."

You know it was London or Paris.

The English might come around and apologize to Bush/Blair for their close call.

The French will blame the Jews.

[Alter Kaker]

$60 million worth of chemical and biological weapon? What does this mean? How is value of such weapon established on market? Is this median selling price?

[HiJinx]

The Hindustan Times story is a repost of the AP story, verbatim. Wonder why it has been published in DJ NewsWire and Hindustan Time only?

[John H K]

I suspect there's a really high chance this was a get-rich-quick scheme by some Iraqis to try to sell some fake weapons; the Kuwaitis then find out what was being sold was fake, have egg on their face, and suppress the original story.

[Peach]

Glad you saw this; hate to keep pinging you but this is darned important.

[Smogger]

Speculating: That's what they were offering to sell them for.

Which would make it the market price:

[Pete]

C'mon Pete, don't be like that, you can trust us!

Oh. Alright. Here's the lin =sd==sd asd (computer...locking......up).

Damn. Sorry.

[r9etb]

Your search also returned this lovely lady,

She's former homecoming queen, who just returned from a Kuwait stint as a chemical specialist ....