Kuwait's head of National Security Bureau H.E. Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah (L) and Bahrain's Hamad Ahmed Al-Amer, Undersecretary for regional and GCC Aaffairs, attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels April 2, 2014. REUTERS/LAURENT DUBRULE (BELGIUM - TAGS: MILITARY POLITICS)
Reuters: Kuwait security chief to Obama: we're not free-riders
Kuwait is not a "free-rider" in U.S.-led campaigns against terrorism and other threats, a senior Kuwaiti security official said on Thursday, rejecting comments by President Barack Obama critical of some U.S. allies.
Sheikh Thamer al-Sabah, President of Kuwait's National Security Bureau, was referring to Obama's remarks to The Atlantic magazine last week in which he said some states in the Gulf and Europe were "free-riders" who called for U.S. action without getting involved themselves.
In an interview, Sheikh Thamer said Kuwait, like fellow Gulf state Qatar, had opened up air bases and airspace for the U.S.-led coalition bombing Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Aircraft from other Gulf countries had carried out sorties, said Sheikh Thamer, a member of Kuwait's ruling family.
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WNU Editor: These Arab governments are now piling on.
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