By now, you've no doubt read the stories about the latest Al-Qaeda threat against the USA, as delivered by al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman bu Ghaith and published Sunday in the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.

Here's a part you may have missed.

The Kuwaitis stripped Sulaiman bu Ghaith of his citizenship in October 2001. Would you believe that on the same day this new threat was issued, the Emir of Kuwait made a special decree that grants Kuwaiti citizenship to bu Ghaith's daughter? Wonder who she's set up to marry... and why the Emir thinks this is a good idea.

Unfortunately, my source only offers French translations from the Arabic, but you can get the picture even if all your French comes from watching Pepe Le Pew:

Le Koweït accorde sa nationalité à la fille du porte-parole d'Al Qaïda (Al-Quds Al Arabi, London)

"Le ministre de l'Intérieur du Koweït a affirmé que son pays a accordé la nationalité koweïtienne à la fille de Sleiman Abou Al-Ghaïth, le porte-parole d'Al-Qaïda, alors que les autorités avaient déchu le père de sa nationalité. Hajer Abou Al-Ghaïth a bénéficié d'un décret de l'émir du Koweït, totalement contraire à la loi."

Thanks to RG Fulton for tipping me off on this one, and to David Gillies for the traslation correction. RG, I worry about you sometimes, but I must admit you have a remarkable ability to uncover stuff like this.

ADDENDUM: Tomorrow I'm going to spend a fair bit of time talking about Al-Qaeda's latest threat and what it could mean, including a look at the strategic background and some possibilities for Osama and friends. Their best tactical move is probably the assassination of U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during his Pakistan visit, but that's no easy task to say the least. It's also not the same thing as Al-Qaeda's larger stratregy. We'll talk about that, too.