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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23889070 The Times Of India October 2, 2002 Bio warfare drills held in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY (AFP): US, German and Czech military personnel deployed in Kuwait are conducting a two-day exercise focused on helping the emirate respond to a biological or chemical attack, the US embassy said on Tuesday. Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Khaled al-Sabah, whose men will conduct a similar exercise later in the week, accompanied US Ambassador Richard Jones and German and Czech diplomats to Camp Doha to consult with US, German and Czech military experts carrying out the drill, the statement said. "The two-day exercise focuses on support of a Kuwaiti response to a biological or chemical incident," it said, referring to the possibility of Iraqi retaliation against Kuwait in the event of a US strike on Baghdad. "The Kuwaiti interior ministry is holding its own exercise on biological and chemical preparedness later this week," the statement added. "If called upon, coalition forces are well prepared to help Kuwait deal with the effects of a chemical or biological incident," Jones said. The Kuwaiti civil defense however held a separate drill on Tuesday, according to a witness. A civil defence spokesman said that the Kuwaiti forces were preparing to deal with any possible nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) attack. A Kuwaiti official said on September 26 that the emirate had set up early warning systems to detect NBC agents as part of moves to defend itself in case of a US-Iraq conflict. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said last week he would not rule out an Iraqi strike against Kuwait using chemical weapons. Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah echoed his warning, saying Kuwait took seriously the threat of Iraq hitting back at its neighbours with weapons of mass destruction in case of a US strike. Most of the 10,000-odd US troops stationed in Kuwait are deployed at Camp Doha, north of the capital. Germany has a unit of armoured vehicles equipped to detect nuclear, biological and chemical weapons stationed in Kuwait as part of the US-led war on terror. Another 250 Czech troops specialised in NBC warfare are stationed in the emirate, which was occupied by Iraq for seven months before it was liberated by a US-led coalition in February 1991. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
