March 6,
2008: Kuwait has found a simple method for getting rid of potentially dangerous
foreigners. Recently, there was a demonstration protesting the recent killing
(in Syria) of Shia Islamic terrorist Imad Mughniyah. Kuwaiti police took note
of which foreigners were present at the rally, and has issued deportation
notices for them. In addition, Kuwaiti Shia who were at the rally have been
summoned by the police for interrogation.
While
Mughniyah was a hero to many Shia because of his work as a leader in Hizbollah.
This Iranian funded terrorist organization in Lebanon that has been making
attacks on Israel for the last twenty years. But Hizbollah also killed two
Kuwaitis on a hijacked aircraft back in 1988. Many Kuwaitis regard Mughniyah as
a terrorist, not an Islamic hero. About a third of Kuwaits population are Shia,
and the Sunni majority have long feared that the Shia minority would support an
Iranian takeover of Kuwait. The Kuwaiti Shia protest that this is not the case,
but Iran looms large as a threat to Kuwait, and the other Arab states in the
Persian Gulf.
