Officials said the threat alert also warned of an Al Qaida strike on the
Saudi embassy in Kuwait City, Middle East Newsline reported. They said the Interior Ministry has ordered
reinforcements of police and security forces at both the Saudi embassy and
Kuwait International Airport.
Kuwait, which hosts about 15,000 U.S. troops, was said to have become a
target of both Al Qaida and Iranian intelligence.
Officials said Al
Qaida has sought to use Kuwait as a base for operations around the Gulf and
Afghanistan, while Iran increased intelligence operations in the Gulf
Cooperation Council sheikdom over the last two years.
In February 2009, Kuwait captured an Al Qaida recruiter based in Iran.
The recruiter was said to have been a former Kuwaiti military officer who
sent GCC nationals to join Al Qaida and Taliban in Afghanistan. The detainee
was also said to have identified Al Qaida operatives in several GCC states.
