A delegation representing the Mutair tribe expressed to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah their concern over “damages done to Kuwait’s social fabric in light of repeated attacks,” referring to recent derogatory remarks made against their tribe, posted by controversial political activist Mohammad Al-Juwaihel on his Twitter account.

“We explained during our meeting with HH the Amir that while we believe in Kuwait being a country that falls a set of laws. We find that the law is not implemented properly in the country,” said Dr. Obaid Al-Wasmi, who requested to meet HH the Amir shortly after the offensive remarks appeared. Al-Wasmi was accompanied by Falah Al- Duwaish, Raja Hujailan, Husain Mizyed, Daifullah Buramia, and Husain Al-Quwai’an, while Musallam Al-Barrak, Mubarak Al-Waalan and Mohammad Hayef were absent.

“We made it clear that we did not request to hold a meeting to complain to HH the Amir, but send a message that the situation is susceptible to sectarianism, in a manner that authorities will not be able to control,” Al-Wasmi indicated. They added that he mentioned during the meeting “clear selectiveness in implementing the law.”

Representatives of the Mutair tribe, one of the largest communities in the Kuwaiti society, believe that there are hidden parties behind the attacks against them. “It is important that we identify the parties behind such individuals who attack the Mutair tribe and the Kuwaiti society. This is because ignoring that is unacceptable,” Al-Wasmi said.

Meanwhile, MP Buramia indicated that “HH the Amir assured us that the law is going to be implemented against those who stir sectarianism as well as those who support them.” Al-Juwaihel, who was arrested Tuesday to be questioned over his recent remarks, had insulted Al-Mutair tribe for the first time during his election campaign for the 2012 Parliament earlier this year, following which crowds of angry tribesmen stormed his campaign’s headquarters and set the main tent ablaze.

In the meantime, authorities reportedly arrested five Mutairi citizens yesterday to be questioned in case of Al- Juwaihel’s headquarters fire incident that took place last January. In a quick statement made to the press, MP Hayef described this step as “sending a provocative message at this time,” since it happened one day after Al-Juwaihel was arrested for passing derogatory tweets against Mutairi tribe.

Arab intervention

MP Khalid Al-Adwah is calling Arab governments for “immediate intervention to save unarmed civilians in Syria who are subjected to brutal killing,” urging them “not to leave the Syrian people to fall victim to heavy artillery used by the army of the Syrian regime that lost its mind.”

Al-Adwa made these remarks in a press release that was issued yesterday, indicating that “the time has come for forming an Arab deterrent force to intervene immediately to protect Syrian communities from the regime’s assault.” He added that seeking a Security Council resolution is futile “when Arab countries already realize that any resolution that hurts the Syrian regime will be vetoed by Russia and China.”

UAE bans Kuwaiti cleric

Kuwaiti cleric Dr Tariq Suwaidan has been barred from entering the United Arab Emirates after being blacklisted “for offending the state on Twitter and blogs,” said sources.

“The UAE authorities banned Suwaidan and other Kuwaiti citizens instead of issuing subpoenas against to avoid damaging bilateral relations with Kuwait,” said sources. Suwaidan had posted on Twitter, describing the presence of “true freedom and justice” as being more important than high construction rate and large salaries, while tweeting a prayer in which he expressed hope that prisoners in the UAE will be freed.

‘Burning’ photo

Images of Kuwaiti oil fields set ablaze by invading Iraqi forces during the 1990 invasion are featured in the list of top ten pictures taken by NASA’s Landsat satellite during the past forty years. The images were taken five miles above the ground, and also shows “the largest oil spill in human history and worst environmental catastrophe,” as described by the Daily Mail.

Iraqi Airways purchase

After reaching a settlement with Kuwait Airways over war time reparations owed for destroying fleet during the 1990/91 invasion, the Iraqi Airways is expected to receive two new aircrafts from the United States of America before the end of the year, a top Iraqi official announced.

“Iraq will receive Boeing 737 and Boeing 787 carriers as part of the deal to purchase 40 planes from the United States,” said Kareem Al-Nouri, advisor of Iraq’s Ministry of Transportation. The Iraqi Airways reached a settlement with its Kuwaiti counterpart on paying $ 300 million compensation in cash, while the remaining $ 200 million is invested in joint projects.