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Twenty five US soldiers were injured when their bus overturned near an air force based used by Kuwaiti and American-led forces in northern
The incident took place on Sunday near Ali al-Salim Air Base, 70km northwest of the capital "Four of the soldiers were taken to a Kuwaiti armed forces hospital and are in a stable condition, while 21 were treated at a local camp," Baucom added. He said Kuwaiti police were questioning the bus driver, a Kenyan national. He did not elaborate. Local company The bus, which was leased from a local company, was driving along a highway to the base when the accident happened, Baucom said. News of the accident broke only on Tuesday when the local newspaper Al-Anba reported it with Kuwaiti sources. The small oil-rich state was the launchpad for the invasion of
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