Kuwait Urges Islamists To Stop Protests

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The Kuwaiti leadership has urged the Islamist opposition
to withdraw its protest campaign amid rising tension with Iran.
Kuwaiti sources said Emir Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah has sent messages to
leaders of the Islamist opposition to abort any campaign of demonstrations
amid the decision to replace the 50-member parliament with royalists. The
sources said the emir and associates have cited the rising threat from Iran.