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Kuwait mobilises army to defend Mubarak

Kuwait has mobilised military forces on Bobian Island, at the end of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, to protect its Grand Mubarak Port development from possible interference from Iraq.

Iraq opposes the project, fearing that its existing port of Umm Qasr will lose substantial amounts of traffic.

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