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    The Faylaka Island attack took place on October 8, 2002, when two Kuwaiti citizens with ties to Al-Qaeda jihadists in Afghanistan attacked a group of unarmed...
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  • Kuwaiti who fired upon a squad of marines, killing one, in the Faylaka Island attack in 2002. Faiz al Kandari is another Kuwaiti, who was held in extrajudicial...
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  • launched the Faylaka Island attack against United States Marines. The Marines were on a training exercise on Failaka Island, an island off the coast...
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    Gulf War (very limited use) Battle of Mogadishu War in Afghanistan Faylaka Island attack Iraq War Production history Designer Natick Laboratories Manufacturer...
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    Environmental issues in Kuwait Expatriates in Kuwait Failaka Island Faylaka Island attack Farwaniya Farwaniya Governorate Flag of Kuwait Football in Kuwait...
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  • Antonio J. "Tony" Sledd (1982–2002), U.S. Marine killed in the Faylaka Island attack William Sledd (born 1983), American video blogger SLED (disambiguation)...
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  • launched by the United States of America in response to the September 11 attacks against organizations designated with terrorism. The campaign, whose stated...
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  • October 8, 2002) was a Kuwaiti terrorist. He died in a firefight on Faylaka Island, with United States Marines on October 8, 2002. A U.S. Marine was also...
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    operations. Meanwhile, Gunrunner Hueys played a vital role in the raid on Faylaka Island, firing in excess of 75 2.75-inch rockets at fortified Iraqi positions...
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    along the shores of Faylaka Island that coalition forces were preparing to launch an amphibious invasion. As part of this attack, Missouri and Wisconsin...
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  • List of terrorist incidents in 2002 (category Attacks in 2002)
    casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred). Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are...
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    another 60 rounds off Khafji on 11–12 February before steaming north to Faylaka Island. After minesweepers cleared a lane through Iraqi defenses, the ship...
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    suspected of being connected to the October 2002 attack on U.S. Marines on the Kuwaiti island of Faylaka. In February 2003, al-Fadhli was convicted by a...
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    6 km) box, which became the battleship gunfire support area south of Faylaka Island. While sweeping further toward shore, the task group was targeted by...
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    from the computer of one of the individuals involved in an attack on US Marines at Faylaka Island, Kuwait in October 2002. The allegation that he traveled...
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  • devastating Coalition airstrike against their positions, 40 Iraqi soldiers on Faylaka Island surrender to a U.S. Navy Pioneer unmanned aerial vehicle flying a reconnaissance...
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