Sentence examples for kuwaiti flag from inspiring English sources

'Tonight, the Kuwaiti flag flies above the capital of a free and sovereign nation.' He said the de facto ceasefire was contingent on Iraqi agreement not to attack coalition forces or to continue Scud missile assaults.

The Kuwaiti responded by saying the Iraqi was a hypocrite, and his information minister, Sheik Ahmed Fahd al-Ahmed, jumped up to defend his country's honor by waving a miniature Kuwaiti flag.

He was also rebellious; he told interrogators that he and his nephew Abdul Basit Abdul Karim (later internationally known as Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center) once tore down the Kuwaiti flag from atop their schoolhouse.

Many waved the Kuwaiti flag while others chanted, "Sunnis and Shi'ites are brothers!" The emir visited the mosque and declared that those behind the "cowardly terrorist attack" will fail to undermine Kuwait's national unity.

As rumours spread of the impending Boeing deal, lawyers for Kuwait Airways made noises that any new aircraft bought by Iraqi Airways face being impounded to settle a $1bn compensation case brought by the Kuwaiti flag-carrier in the English courts after the Iraqi invasion in 1990.

The fans — many of whose faces were painted in the colors of the Saudi, Yemeni and Kuwaiti flags — roared their approval.

In March , 1987 The U.S. Navy started escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers, and in one engagement Iraq (not Iran) actually severely damaged the USS Stark on May 17 , 1987killing 37 sailors and wounding 21 more.

As a newly arrived senator serving on the Armed Services Committee, McCain opposed Reagan's plan to fly the American flag on Kuwaiti oil tankers that were coming under fire from Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf.

So Kuwait then went to Moscow, which agreed to reflag Kuwaiti tankers under the flag of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing a Russian military response to any Iranian attack.

Tells about events leading to the policy of placing Kuwaiti tankers under the American flag.

The Administration, to avoid any conflagration with Congress, has put strict limits on the activities of our Persian Gulf forces — allowing them to defend only American-flagged ships, including the eleven Kuwaiti ships that were reflagged with American flags last year amid much controversy here.