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Originally Posted by highthief
Yes, there have been a number of terrorist attacks in Kuwait over the past several years, Elphaba. Several marines were killed by Kuwaitis while on exercise just prior to the Iraqi invasion, and about 35 people were arrested earlier this year - half Kuwaitis and about half other nationalities - for committing or planning terrorist activities in Kuwait, just off the top of my head. There have been gun battles in the streets between terrorists and suspected terrorists and the military. And of course, prior to the period you mention, Shiites bombed the US embasy in Kuwait.
Kuwait is a small, totalitarian regime where the populace is relatively easily controlled - yet even so, we have had terror attacks. Kuwait for a time effectively shut its small borders down to prevent the wrong element from getting in. Imagine what will happen once a little ugly freedom raises its head in Kuwait.
As for Saudi, its a hotbed of terror activity and really the most important nation in the area along with Iraq and Iran.
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Ouch. That's quite a bitchslap.
We've got a military presence in Spain, Germany, and Japan, too. No one has yet postulated a link between those and the terrorist attacks each country has experienced.