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Gunmen fired at US troops in Kuwait on Monday in the third shooting incident involving American soldiers there in a week, but no one was hurt, the US Embassy said.
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DUBAI: Osama bin Laden congratulated the Islamic world on Monday over the 8216;8216;heroic operations8217;8217; undertaken by 8216;8216;fighters8217;8217; in Kuwait and Yemen, two Islamist websites reported. 8216;8216;We congratulate our Islamic world for the heroic operations in Yemen8230; and in Kuwait,8217;8217; a message signed 8216;8216;Osama bin Mohammad bin Laden8217;8217; said. Agencies |
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The US troops did not fire back in the latest drive-by shooting in northern Kuwait, which follows an attack six days ago in which one Marine was killed and one wounded.
The US Embassy said the latest shooting occurred near a military training area. 8216;8216;Shots were fired from two unidentified civilian sports utility vehicles at United States military units near a northern Kuwaiti training area on Monday,8217;8217; it said in a statement, adding no one was injured.
In an explosion on Thursday, three Marines were injured in what was called a training accident when ordnance left behind from the 1991 Gulf War exploded. Late on Saturday, Kuwait said it had arrested a cell, indirectly linked to Al Qaeda, which it said had plotted Tuesday8217;s attack and is planning further hits against US targets in Kuwait.
An FBI team arrived in Kuwait on Sunday to take part in a joint inquiry into Tuesday8217;s attack, US Embassy sources said.
