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in a deadly nine-hour firefight Monday, killing four gunmen and capturing six others...
Three security officers were killed and 11 others wounded this month in four gunbattles with militants suspected to have links with both Al-Qaeda and Saudi militants
Kuwait, a small Gulf state with 950,000 citizens and 1.7 million foreign expatriates,
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http://www.kuwait-info.org/country_profile.html
Religion Most Kuwaitis are Sunni Muslims.
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Shiites
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About 25% of citizens are Shia Muslims
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ku.html
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf,
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Five killed in Kuwait shoot-out
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Agony as family mourns student killed in Kuwait
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Kuwait, an ally of the United_States, has been battling Islamic fundamentalists deeply opposed to the presence of
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Several police, militants killed in Kuwait clash
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China
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Kuwait backs
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Insurgency
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Kuwait jails 25 Islamists over Iraq
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Most (70%) Kuwaitis are Sunni Muslims...
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Population:
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Muslim 85%
(Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
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(Sunnis)
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More than 1.6 millions
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2006: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Jaber dies
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