Kuwait on terrorist alert

Kuwait today said it was on red alert on the 11th anniversary of Iraq’s invasion - and taking new Iraqi threats of terrorist attacks on Kuwaiti installations very seriously.

Saddam Hussein sent Iraqi troops across the border in 1990 and shortly afterwards annexed Kuwait.

Less than six months later, a US-led coalition force routed the Iraqis in the Gulf War.

In recent weeks, the Kuwaiti Government has become increasingly concerned about Iraqi press reports that an armed opposition group is operating in Kuwait.

Information Minister Sheik Ahmed Fahd Al Ahmed said the reports ‘‘made us certain that there are intentions for a terrorist act in Kuwait’’.