Kuwait arrests militant leader honing youth for Afghan jihad
The State Security have detained a suspected Kuwaiti militant leader accused of coordinating activities of some youths who are planning to travel to Afghanistan and join the militants in the country, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily. No other details were able on the person who had been detained. Recently the Interior Minister had said that the authorities were keeping a close eye on all those who were involved in such activities as well as on ‘sleeper cells.’
Threat prompts UK to shift Pak visa office to Dubai
The British High Commission in the Pakistan capital is planning to move its visa office to Dubai apparently due to security concerns following a string of terror attacks.
Plans for the move had been in the pipeline for some time due to threats by Al Qaida and Taliban against Western citizens and installations in Pakistan.
Saudi religious police to receive weapons
Saudi religious police, under heavy criticism, plan to receive weapons. Officials said the Saudi religious police, who ensure the segregation of sexes and enforce Islamic law, would receive a range of light weapons for protection. They said the police, known as the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, have come under threats from young people in the kingdom.
"I am afraid of a new generation that is in the making in the kingdom, who despises the commission members and their activities," commission president Ibrahim Al Gaith said.
Officials said the decision to arm the 10,000-member religious police was based on an official study. The study by the King Saud University and the King Abdullah Institute for Research and Consultative Studies recommended that religious police acquire weapons and employ them during patrols and operations.
“Saudi religious police, under heavy criticism, plan to receive weapons.”
That’s a shame.
I’m very glad I’m not there and have no plans to ever visit Saudi Arabia.