Kuwait's justice and Islamic affairs minister has rejected remarks from a senior U.S. official that he called for jihad in Syria and promoted the funding of terrorism, state news agency KUNA said, citing a cabinet statement released late on Monday. Nayef al-Ajmi was quoted in the statement as saying that comments made by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen in March, reported in U.S. media, were "baseless and groundless". Unlike Gulf Arab states Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Kuwaiti government policy is against arming rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and has led a humanitarian fundraising campaign for Syria through the United Nations. Some of the fundraising campaigns have been for aid for Syrian refugees but others openly call for funds to buy ******* for opposition fighters.
04-03-2014, 01:51 AM
Kuwaiti minister rejects U.S. accusations of Syria terror funding
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