Kuwait

Kuwaiti security forces detained a man who is an al Qaeda recruiter in the Gulf states and a ‘go-between’ for al Qaeda in Iran and Afghanistan. The operative, who is being identified as MSAA, is a former Kuwaiti military officer. He had been watched for over two years.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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