KUWAIT: Two Iraqi missiles hit northern border

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

KUWAIT, Mar 20 2003 (IPS) - Kuwait’s Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al Mubarak al Hamad al Sabah said that two Iraqi missiles hit Kuwait’s northern border with Iraq, the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said today.

The agency gave no further details.

For his part, the Defense Ministry spokesman Group Captain Yousuf al Mulla said the two missiles inflicted no casualties and that two explosions caused by the missiles were heard in an unpopulated area in northern Kuwait.

For its part, Kuwait state television said the two Iraqi missiles were three-ton medium-range and "were not carrying any unconventional warheads".

Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said experts in chemical suits were checking the missile blast site.