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...resembled al-Qaeda's October 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. Two days after the tanker blast, members of a Kuwaiti terrorist cell that had "pledged allegiance" to bin Laden staged an apparent suicide ambush on U.S. Marines on the Kuwaiti island of Failaka. After killing one service member, the Kuwaitis were shot to death by U.S. forces. The attackers had reportedly trained in terror camps in Afghanistan. Arab officials say that al-Qaeda leaders, in communications with rank and file, are using the potential campaign against Iraq to rally for a new round...
...resembled al-Qaeda's October 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. Two days after the tanker blast, members of a Kuwaiti terrorist cell that had "pledged allegiance" to bin Laden staged an apparent suicide ambush on U.S. Marines on the Kuwaiti island of Failaka. After killing one service member, the Kuwaitis were shot to death by U.S. forces. The attackers had reportedly trained in terror camps in Afghanistan. Arab officials say that al-Qaeda leaders, in communications with rank and file, are using the potential campaign against Iraq to rally for a new round...
...Marine training exercise in Kuwait may have set alarm bells ringing as far away as Washington. It had all the markings of a well-planned suicide operation: Anas Kandari, 21, and Jassem Hajiri, 26, had traveled from their homes in Kuwait City to the uninhabited island of Failaka, 12 miles offshore. There they had stalked U.S. Marines participating in an urban warfare exercise code-named "Eager Mace," before jumping out of a white pickup truck and spraying the Americans with Kalashnikov rifle fire. As the Marines took cover, the two men scrambled back into their vehicle and proceeded...
Kuwaiti defense forces on Failaka Island, 15 miles northeast of Kuwait City, watched the Silkworm blast off from Fao and head toward the oil dock. No effort was made to shoot the missile down, as had been done with the Silkworm that hit the Sea Isle City. Late in the week, however, Kuwaiti officials announced that they were setting up U.S.-made Hawk missile batteries on Failaka, where they will be close enough to Fao to interdict the Silkworms. The Kuwaitis have had the Viet Nam-era missiles since...
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