MINISTER OF DEFENSE CALLS ARAB, MUSLIM STATES TO CONDEMN TERRORISM     KUN0022 4 GEN 0361 KUWAIT /KUNA-TZE5   POL-KUWAIT-US-TERRORISM   MINISTER OF DEFENSE CALLS ARAB, MUSLIM STATES TO CONDEMN TERRORISM     BY JAMAL YALI   KUWAIT, SEPT 17 (KUNA) -- DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE   SHEIKH JABER AL-MUBARAK AL-HAMAD AL-SABAH CALLED ON ARAB AND MUSLIM STATES ON   MONDAY TO CONDEMN TERRORISM EXPRESSING A BELIEF THESE STATES ARE FIRST AMONG   TERRORIST TARGETS.   IN PRESS REMARKS AT KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR   PARIS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A TOUR WITH A STOP IN LONDON ,THE MINISTER SAID   "TERRORISM HAD ALREADY CONSIDERABLY DAMAGED OUR REPUTATION" ADDING "TERRORISM   IS A MALIGNANT PROBLEM FOR US AND ALL OTHER ARAB STATES."   ASKED ABOUT KUWAITI WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE WITH THE US IN CASE THE LATTER   REQUESTS USE OF MILITARY BASES FOR POSSIBLE AIR ATTACKS, THE MINISTER SAID   "THESE ARE NOT ISSUES TO BE SPECULATED OVER LIGHTLY BUT RATHER REQUIRE A   HIGHER POLITICAL DECISION."   THE MINISTER ADDED "KUWAIT HAD ALREADY MADE ITS VIEWS KNOWN ABOUT THIS   ISSUE."   AS TO WILLINGNESS TO SUPPLY THE US WITH INTELLIGENCE ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE   WITH FAKE PASSPORTS THAT HEADED TO PAKISTAN FROM THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA,   THE MINISTER SAID THIS QUESTION WOULD MORE APPROPRIATELY BE ANSWERED BY THE   MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.   "IN ANY CASE," THE MINISTER REMARKED, "ANY KUWAITI CITIZEN WOULD SUPPORT   AND AFFIRM COOPERATION IN THIS CONCERN AS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN LINE   WITH CONDEMNING TERRORISM."   THE KUWAITI CABINET HAD YESTERDAY RENEWED ITS SUPPORT OF THE US AND ITS   UTTER CONDEMNATION AND REJECTION OF TERRORISM IN ALL FORMS AND SCOPES   REGARDLESS OF THE PERPETRATORS AND CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO   IMPLEMENT ALL TERRORISM RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY COUNCIL   AGREEMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS.   THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CONDEMNED THESE ATTACKS AS ABHORRED BY ALL   RELIGIONS, AGREEMENTS, AND VALUES AS THEY CONSTITUTE AGGRESSION AGAINST   HUMANITY WHICH BRINGS SUFFERING UPON THE INNOCENT, CHILDREN, WOMEN AND ELDERLY.   THE CABINET HAD ALSO RENEWED CONFIDENCE THAT THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION   AND PEOPLE COULD OVERCOME THIS TRAGIC DISASTER AND WISHED THAT US STABILITY,   SECURITY AND PROSPERITY MAY BE RESTORED. (END)   JY.WSA   KUNA 171312 Sep 01NNNN