Americans In Kuwait At Risk From Terror Attacks

U.S. authorities warned on Tuesday that American citizens in Kuwait remained at risk from terrorist attacks, following the arrest of an al Qaeda-linked network in the Gulf Arab state last week. Kuwait announced on August 11 that it had arrested all six members of an al Qaeda-linked network who planned to bomb the U.S. Army camp of Arifjan, state security headquarters, and “important facilities,” during the Muslim month of Ramadan. Ramadan is expected to start around August 21.

The members of the network who had confessed after their arrest, also planned to attack the OPEC member’s 200,000 barrels per day Shuaiba oil refinery, a security official said.

“The Department of State remains concerned about the continued threat of terrorist attacks and other violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas,” the U.S. embassy in Kuwait said in a communique on Tuesday.

It advised U.S. citizens in Kuwait to register with the embassy, and “maintain a high level of vigilance” to avoid being targets of any possible attacks by terrorist groups. “Potential targets may include U.S. contractors, particularly those related to military interests,” the message said.

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Missing Somali-Americans Back in U.S. After Overseas Terror Mission

Many of the Somali-American men who were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group overseas have returned to the United States, according to a source familiar with an FBI investigation into the matter — but the FBI still has not revealed publicly if it is pursuing arrests in the case.

“Some of the guys who were missing aren’t missing anymore,” the source said. “Some of them got blown up and some of them came back, and some of them are still there [in Somalia].”

For several months the FBI has been investigating at least 20 Somali-American men from the Minneapolis area who traveled to war-torn Somalia, where some of them trained and fought with an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group known as al-Shabaab, according to counterterrorism officials.

Asked to characterize how many of those men are now back on American soil, the source would only say that “several” have returned. Federal authorities believe the men went to Somalia to join al-Shabaab, which has been warring with the moderate Somali government since 2006.

Usama bin Laden weighed in Thursday on the battle. In an audiotape posted online, the Al Qaeda leader urged Somalis to fight against the Somali government, insisting, “The war which has been taking place on your soil these past years is a war between Islam and the international crusade.”

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