4 Alleged Iraqi Spies Reportedly Arrested
Authorities in Kuwait have arrested alleged Iraqi intelligence agents trying to sneak into the country to survey U.S. targets in the Gulf Arab state, a newspaper reported.
Al-Rai Al-Aam said four Iraqi agents were arrested in the last week in two separate incidents while they were trying to cross the closed border.
It said two of the four confessed that their mission was to “survey American installations in Kuwait and a number of other military targets. And also recruit people and spread rumors.”
Kuwaiti officials were not immediately available to comment.
The United States has maintained a military presence in Kuwait since it led the 1991 Gulf War to end a seven-month Iraqi occupation. It has ground troops in the small country as well as warplanes and heavy military hardware.
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