Apr 05, 2004
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has commissioned its second naval frigatefrom France in a development that took place about two years behindschedule.
BAGHDAD [MENL] -- Iraq's government has a new civilian-directed DefenseMinistry.
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait has stressed that its new status as a majornon-NATO U.S. ally does not commit the sheikdom to revising plans for agradual reduction of American troops.