VOL. XLVII

No 08

23-February-2004

KUWAIT

Kuwaits Parliament Votes For Inquiry Into Iraq Products Overpricing Allegations

Kuwaits National Assembly on 16 February voted unanimously to form a committee to investigate allegations that officials profited from an overpriced deal with Halliburton to supply fuel to the US military in Iraq. All nine cabinet members attending the session, including Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, voted in favor of establishing a four-man committee of...