Kuwaitis Boycott Iran Goods to Protest Hizbullah's Involvement in Syria
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Several Kuwaiti supermarket chains have begun boycotting products from Iran for its support of the Syrian regime and to protest Hizbullah's intervention in the war engulfing the neighboring country Syria.
At least nine cooperative consumer societies out of 50 in the oil-rich Gulf state published announcements in the local media on Wednesday saying they have taken Iranian products off their shelves in protest at Tehran's backing of President Bashar Assad and Hizbullah.
Cooperative societies control a majority of the retail consumer market in Kuwait.
One of the announcements said that the next step in the campaign would be to dismiss Iranian laborers working at the societies and cancel their residency permits.
Around 50,000 Iranians work in Kuwait, mostly in low-paid jobs. Iranian exports to Kuwait are not huge and mainly comprise fish and food products.
The Gulf Cooperation Council states said on Monday they will take measures against members of Hizbullah.
The measures will affect their "residency permits, and financial and commercial transactions," said a GCC statement, citing a ministerial council decision.
The GCC includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
On Tuesday night, dozens of Islamist activists demonstrated outside the Lebanese embassy in protest at the military intervention of Hizbullah fighters on the side of Syrian regime forces against rebels.
Protesters burned posters of Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Sunni Muslims, who form more than 70 percent of the 1.2 million Kuwaitis, have been angered by the Syrian government onslaught on fellow Sunni rebels and the support Assad has received from Iran and Hizbullah.
Sunni clerics have launched fund-raising campaigns on the Internet and through mosques to aid the Syrian people as well as the rebellion.
Around a dozen well-known Kuwaiti Sunni clerics have launched an online campaign to raise funds enough to arm 12,000 fighters and send them to Syria. Each fighter is estimated to cost $2,500.
Hizbullah fighters spearheaded a devastating 17-day assault on the Syrian town of Qusayr near the Lebanese border which culminated last week with its recapture from the rebels.
12 June 2013, 12:45
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what m8 do not realize is how much iran and hizbushaitan are going to be hurt directly by the GCC measures.
Iranian interests especially in the UAE amount for billions of Dollars, and that is going down the drain soon.
m8 do not seem to know the numbers of Lebanese fpm guys and girls working in the GCC and how these measures will directly impact their lives and that of their families.
instead of thinking a bit, these m8 guys are still gloating about Qusayr, and the murders they performed there..
12 June 2013, 13:29
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hizb iran meets the definition of a terrorist group--a terrorist group is defined as " a political movement that uses terror, intimidationor arms as a weapon to achieve its goals". obviously, it wouldn't meet any of its goals without its weapons because it lacks strength in its arguments and positions.
and don't forget, they have already staged a takeover of beirut in may 2008 so any of your counterarguments are moot. additionally, hizb iran is being financed by iran
12 June 2013, 15:34
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only for salaries, it is estimated that iran pays 50 million US$ per month to hizbushaitan :)
and these m8 propagandists dare to talk about foreign financing?
12 June 2013, 13:59
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Ouch, a country of a whopping two million is boycotting Iranian goods, gotta hurt!
12 June 2013, 15:49
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Iran should be punished by the arabs. Not lebanon. And before talking about kuwaiti goods, They should handle money laundering in emirati banks.
12 June 2013, 22:07
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to hell with you lizard eating arabs. from an Iranian wannabe Lebanese. you bastards.
