> Kuwait living in fear of nuclear Iran
> So would Kuwait support an Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities?
> Just askin'.
>
> "Middle East: Kuwait living in fear of nuclear Iran, says expert," from AKI,
> September 16 (thanks to C.C.):
>
> Kuwait City, 16 Sept. (AKI) - Kuwait is afraid that Iran has secret plans
> to produce nuclear arms at the Bushehr nuclear reactor in the country's
> southwest and elsewhere in the country, according to the head of a leading
> think-tank.
> Sami Al-Faraj, president of the Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies, told
> Adnkronos International (AKI) on Tuesday that the country "was living in
> fear" about Tehran's nuclear plans.
>
> He said Kuwaitis also had serious concerns about the potential impact of a
> radiation leak or an earthquake in the area surrounding the Bushehr nuclear
> plant, which is only 200 kilometres from Kuwait.
>
> "We would be the first city to be hit as a result of the impact if
> anything goes wrong at Bushehr," Al-Faraj told AKI.
>
> "People say that there is no need for us to to suffer from Bushehr. The
> greater problem is that something will go wrong. We are under threat. The
> situation is dangerous"
>
> "We have 17 monitoring stations and all these stations have extra
> equipment for monitoring radiation.Unless this problem is dealt with
> scientifically, we will remain in danger."...
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