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Monday, March 23, 2009

Bomb threats rattle American school in Kuwait

ABU DHABI — A leading Western school in Kuwait has been threatened by bomb attacks.   

The American International School in Kuwait has received several bomb threats over the last few weeks. The threats turned out to be hoaxes, but have sparked an investigation by Kuwaiti authorities.

"This could be a prank by some of the students or not," a security source said.

On Feb. 10, the Interior Ministry held a seminar on state security in the school, located in Hawally, Middle East Newsline reported.

At the meeting, ministry spokesman Col. Mohammed Hashem Al Saber warned the 400 students and their parents of creating what he termed "false rumors" regarding security.

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Security sources said Kuwaiti authorities responded quickly to two recent bomb threats in the school. They said the police bomb squad as well as fire and emergency services evacuated students and searched the building for a bomb. In one case, police found a cartoon of a clock with some wires. "These events had created a climate of fear among students and teaching staff, as well as leading to the loss of a school day," Al Saber said. The American International School has been attended by the children of Western diplomats as well as military and oil personnel in Kuwait. Kuwait, home to about 14,000 U.S. soldiers, has been spared a major Al Qaida attack.



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