Bahrain: Gulf states have been warned of Al Qaida attacks mainly on ships, Kuwait’s Al Qabas daily reported on Thursday.
Quoting unnamed Kuwaiti security sources, the Arabic daily said that Al Qaeda has trained operatives to carry out attacks on commercial and passenger vessels in the Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
Western intelligence has urged Gulf states to tighten security measures, especially oil and gas tankers, Kuwaiti security sources told the daily.
The terror network network has regrouped in recent months taking advantage of deteriorating security situation in Somalia and Yemen, and has successfully established command and control bases in the two countries, the sources said.
Sources told the daily that Al Qaida operatives in Somalia have in recent weeks captured advanced weapons from government forces and transferred them to their counterparts in Yemen.
Western intelligence also provided Gulf states with names and locations of new Al Qaida command posts in Somalia and names of field commanders and members in Gulf states most of whom unknown previously, the sourced told the paper.
