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Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti

In 1998 he first went to Afghanistan where he was reportedly trained at the al-Qaeda Al Farouq training camp, and then in October 1999 on to Chechnya.


Abu Omar

Abu Omar al-Kurdi, real name Sami Muhammad Ali Said al-Jaaf, bomb maker who worked in Iraq

Abu Omar al-Kurdi

Officials said that al-Kurdi was planning attacks against polling centers during the January 30, 2005 elections.

Abu Suleiman al-Naser

He succeeded Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq who was killed along with ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in a joint operation by US and Iraqi forces in Tikrit in April 2010, as the Minister of War for the Islamic State of Iraq.

Ahmed Fathy

Al-Ahly managed to broker a deal with Kuwaiti side Kazma to accept the player on a loan, where Fathy played regularly for the first team, scoring four goals.

Battle of the Bridges

The bridges referred to are the two bridges that cross the Sixth Ring Road at the junction with Highway 70, west of the Kuwaiti town of Al Jahra.

Canal Hotel bombing

In January 2005, a top bombmaker for Zarqawi's group, Abu Omar al-Kurdi, was captured by the coalition and claimed his associates made the bomb used in this attack.

Christianity in Kuwait

Before 1920, there was at least one indigenous Kuwaiti Christian family residing in Kuwait.

Fluor Corporation

The announcement did not come entirely as a surprise because former Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah had been mentioning cancellation.

Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf

He immigrated to Bahrain with Helal Al-Mutairi where they led their protest after Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah raised the taxes, which negatively affected the Kuwaiti economy before the oil industry boom in Kuwait.

Imam Ali Mosque bombing

They claim that Abu Omar al-Kurdi, a top Zarqawi bombmaker who was captured in January 2005, confessed to carrying out this bombing.

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

In this position, Sheikh Jaber was tasked with putting the new Kuwaiti dinar into circulation and establishing the Kuwaiti Currency Board, of which he was the chair.

Khaled AlـSultan Bin Essa

On November 28, 2008, MP Abdullah Al-Roumi joined MPs Bin Essa, Hassan Johar, Musallam Al-Barrak, and Marzouq AlـHubaini Al-Azmi in formulating a bill to extend the mandatory retirement age for Kuwaiti teaching staff at Kuwait University from 65 to 70 years.

Kuwait at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Because the Kuwait Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee, Kuwaiti athletes participated as Athletes from Kuwait under the flag of FINA.

Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League

The Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Kuwait.

Kuwaiti Family Committee

Khalid al-Odah is the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee.

Kuwaiti Navy

The signing of the KAA Protocols by the then respective heads of the Kuwaiti Naval Force and the Iraqi Navy was the first formal and successful maritime bilateral military agreement for the co-ordinated and de-conflicted use of the Khawr Abd Allah waterway since before the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Liberation and reconstruction loan

Liberation and reconstruction loan (Arabic:قرض التحرير وإعادة الإعمار) is a $80 billion loan (22 billion K.D) provided by the Kuwait Investment Authority for the Kuwaiti government in Taif in Saudi Arabia during the period of the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990.

Marine Air Support Squadron 3

MASS-3 provided air support for the 1st Marine Division from the Kuwaiti border to Tikrit and had units remain in country until the division redeployed in October 2003.

Marzouq AlـHubaini Al-Azmi

On November 28, 2008, MP Abdullah Al-Roumi joined MPs Khaled AlـSultan Bin Essa, Hassan Johar, Musallam Al-Barrak, and Al-Azmi in formulating a bill to extend the mandatory retirement age for Kuwaiti teaching staff at Kuwait University from 65 to 70 years.

Music of Kuwait

Nawal El Kuwaiti, Nabeel Shoail and Abdallah Al Rowaished are the most popular modern sawt performers, who include influences from techno and Europop in their music; Kuwaiti sawt musicians are well-known across the Gulf region.

Mustafa Jassem Al-Shamali

In March 2012, Musallam Al-Barrak, Chairman of Kuwait’s Public Funds’ Protection Committee announced that a motion would be filed against officials at the KIA by the Popular Action Bloc, in relation to payments made by the KIA to Kuwaiti companies.

Nabil Elouahabi

In 2008 he played Meesh, a Kuwaiti translator, in HBO's Generation Kill.

NBK Capital

NBK Capital was established in July 2005 as a fully owned subsidiary of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), the largest Kuwaiti bank and the highest-rated in the Middle East.

Republic of Kuwait

On August 28 Kuwaiti territory was transformed into the Kuwait Governorate, Iraq's 19th province, and thus formally annexed.

Safwan

Safwan is located in the south of Iraq at Iraqi Kuwaiti border, along the infamous Highway of Death from the Gulf War of 1991.

Salem Al-Ali A-Sabah

Sheikh salem also recently donated 100 million Kuwaiti dinars ($378 million) to House of Zakat charity to help the people of Kuwait who are in need.


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