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Group claims credit for Kuwait ambush
KUWAIT CITY (CNN) -- An unknown Kuwaiti group named claimed responsibility Monday for an ambush shooting last week near Camp Doha that left an American man dead and another wounded. A statement sent by e-mail Monday to the Saudi daily Al Sharq Al Awsat, signed by Abu Mihjen Al Kuwaiti, said the shooting was an act of jihad against American imperialism. The group identified itself as Al Daawa wal Jihad. The statement also said the attack was in response to the use of Kuwaiti soil to launch attacks against Muslims in Iraq, and before that in Afghanistan. The statement also expressed solidarity with detainees from the Afghan conflict that the U.S. government is holding at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was not clear whether the unknown group has ties to Jwa'ed, a group which is linked to Iraqi intelligence. "The armed group for Daawa and Jihad in Kuwait has promised God almighty and Muslims to fight until the infidels and crusaders are evicted from Kuwait and the Arab Peninsula and prisoners in Cuba are set free," the statement sent to the newspaper said. After the newspaper sent an e-mail to al Qaeda, the terrorist network, al Qaeda declined to confirm or deny any links to the Kuwaiti group but said it welcomed the shooting. Kuwaiti officials have arrested five people in connection with the shooting. Sami Mohammed Marzouk Obaid Al-Mutaryi, 25, a Kuwait civil servant, was extradited from Saudi Arabia Thursday after he was arrested while crossing the border. Police matched fingerprints on the gun to Al-Mutaryi, and matched tire tracks found near the scene to a Lexus he said he used in the attack. The other four are Kuwaiti citizens whom officials said were planning other attacks. One of them gave the gun used in the shooting to the shooter, the officials said. The attack took place last Tuesday morning on the main road leading from the U.S. military's Camp Doha. Michael Rene Pouliot, 46, died at the scene. David Caraway, 37, who was driving the vehicle, was shot six times but survived; he has since been moved to an Army hospital in Germany. Both men were contract workers for the U.S. military who were employed by Tapestry Solutions, a San Diego, California-based company that designs military software. Authorities have also questioned a number of Kuwaitis who are believed to have traveled to Afghanistan. CNN's Caroline Faraj in Dubai contributed to this report.
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