‘10 times higher rates encourage drug smugglers to target Kuwait’
“It must be a collective stand (government and nation) in the face of drug smuggling, after it has been proven beyond any doubt that our country is being targeted,” columnist Walid Ibrahim Al-Ahmad wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“This targeting was not an analysis, comment or prediction that needs a (philosophy), rather it is what one of the smugglers who was known for smuggling these toxins in the Gulf region said, when he was arrested two months ago in Kuwait when he justified the reason for the smugglers’ focus on our country by saying ‘the focus is greater on Kuwait, because drug prices are 10 times higher than in neighboring countries’ according to what was published by our colleague (Al-Qabas) on August 26 last.
“This fact should be a main heading in the records of the Ministry of Interior search and investigation departments, customs, and those authorized to record, after they had had enough of the large number of people arrested in this trade and sent to prisons years ago and managed from behind bars to conduct trade, had it not been for the recent vigilance of the Interior men, which today requires intensifying its efforts without stopping or indulgence or kindness.
“The truth is that 72 percent of murders, aggressive behavior and thefts in my country are caused by drug addiction. And girls are targeted in the first place, which made us notice the women’s voices a month ago calling for the prosecution of mobile grocers who mix tea and coffee with the deadly ‘Larica’ pill, which is one of the 920 types of these narcotic poisons.
“A few days ago, Shuwaikh Port customs seized only two million narcotic pills. In the last six years, the security services recorded about 12,000 cases of bringing, trafficking, using and possessing these poisons, at a rate of 2,000 cases annually.
“In short, we say that the intended attack on Kuwait through smugglers’ mastery of the means of smuggling them through the use of truck tires and milk cans, and in their bodies and under their shoes, in cans of soft drinks, food cartons, cigarette boxes and mobile phones.
“For those who ask about the drug law in the country, we say to him ... Article (31) of Kuwaiti Law No. (13) of 1995 amending the provisions of Law No. (74) of 1983 in the matter of drugs says, ‘Anyone who imports or brings, personally or through an intermediary, or exports narcotic substances or preparations, or assists in any of that as a principal or accomplice, with the intent of trafficking before obtaining the license stipulated in Article (3) of this law, shall be punished with death or life imprisonment and anyone who produces, extracts, separates or manufactures narcotic preparations with the intent of trafficking.
“The question is how many of these smugglers were executed.”
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“The 21st century began with a very important incident, which activated the theory of the conflict and wars of civilizations preached by the American thinker Samuel Huntington and represented a major crime against humanity by hijacking 4 civilian planes and making them a tool of killing and destruction by directing them to the World Trade Building and the Pentagon building in the United States, and with it began the features of conflicts and the wars of the current century are shaped by the buried terrorist Osama bin Laden who damaged Islam and remains so to this day,” columnist Sami Abdullatif Al-Nisf wrote for Annahar daily.
“Days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, we hosted the famous ‘The Opposite Direction’ program on Al-Jazeera. I was interviewed by a member of the Egyptian Islamic People’s Assembly, Dr. Muhammad Jamal Heshmat, who insisted that bin Laden and Al-Qaeda did not commit this crime, and that it was carried out by white supremacist groups in America.
“My position in return was that we must stop denying the disease so that we can treat it, and admit that our Islamic and leftist political movements accepted it.
“And that it has no objection to the use of terrorism, violence, hijacking planes, blowing up buildings, and threatening innocent people to reach the goals they see, and that the September 2001 operations were the work of al-Qaeda, which was later proven.
“In August 2001, I was working as a pilot with EgyptAir during the summer, and we received an order at that time for all airlines not to fly over the presidential palace in Heliopolis during the era of president Hosni Mubarak, which means that the Egyptian intelligence and presidency had a sense or information about the possibility of terrorists using the civilian planes for terrorist acts, which was done the following month in the United States.”
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“I am still watching the political scene optimistically as a Kuwaiti. This is after the formation of the new government, people’s greetings of peace, heading to the polls to choose their representatives with a sense of patriotism, and the positive steps taken by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah,“columnist Tariq Bouresly wrote for Al-Anba daily.
“We have our aspirations, especially after postponing the inaugural session of the 17th legislative term until Tuesday in accordance with Article 106 of the Constitution.
“Indeed, we were marked by the successive good decisions issued by the Council of Ministers headed by His Highness the Prime
Minister in a bid to push for development, and to curb the spread of corruption and stagnation in the joints of the State.
“The people, who followed the wise leadership’s approach, looked forward to electing members of the National Assembly. We read the political ‘propaganda’ circulating on social media — about appeals and others, as well as various analyses on the abolition of the Assembly and others, preceded by the rejection of the ministerial figures chosen by His Highness the Prime Minister.”
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“Some statistics issued by official authorities are easy to understand and assimilate...In contrast, there are statistics that can only be understood or absorbed after careful consideration,” columnist Dr Naji Al-Zaid wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
“‘The Ministry of Interior cancelled 538,000 driving licenses in 2019.’ ‘About 100,000 driving licenses for expatriates are being reviewed...’. Undoubtedly, these are terrifying numbers!
“These figures indicate that there are tricks and methods to circumvent the rules, regulations and laws…and this is permissible in most of these cases.
“But, how could there be such a huge number of violations? Who is behind this laxity in the issuance of driving licenses?! It is very good that the Ministry of Interior quickly addressed this matter. It is necessary to search for those who helped these forgers circumvent the law!”