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Airlift Movie is Now Banned in Kuwait

Yesterday I posted that Cinescape had finally set a release date for the Indian film “Airlift” which is based on a true story from the 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Soon after I linked to the film’s coming soon page, Cinescape took the page down and removed the movie from their website. This morning I finally got confirmation from Cinescape that the film Airlift has now been banned in Kuwait and so they had to remove it from their website. I’m trying to find out why it was banned and once I do I’ll update this post.

137 replies on “Airlift Movie is Now Banned in Kuwait”

I don’t understand. Y they blocked this movie ..rescue operation, film based of Kuwait .. It most rated 9.5 hits .. N banned in Kuwait doesn’t make sense

Don’t bother, Mark.

They banned a practically G-rated Bollywood rom-com last year called “Happy Ending” and the movie didn’t even have a kissing scene. Disney’s Poca-fucking-hontas was more sexual. They also banned a film called “Haider” and another one called “Bajirao Mastani”, which in India was considered a film for the entire family, for the most dubious reasons. You just can’t ever tell with them.

Airlift deserves the ban. From a Kuwaiti perspective, the movie has many falsehoods and inaccuracies (political and historical).

Well, in the movie, they repeatedly stress on the fact that Kuwaiti govt abandoned their citizens and fled the country. I am sure this is not correct and obviously didn’t go down well with the authorities.

Political inaccuracies like the reason Iraq invaded (in the movie, they use the oil dispute theory). According to the movie, Saddam urged Kuwait to reduce oil supply so prices can rise. When Kuwait refused and remained defiant, Saddam ordered the attack. That’s not what happened. Kuwait didn’t refuse and remain defiant to Iraq. Kuwait tried to diplomatically settle the dispute, agreed to Saddam’s oil price demands, while Iraq ignored all that and went straight ahead to invade. Several days before Iraq invaded, OPEC officials officially announced Kuwait agreed to limiting daily oil output to 1.5 billion, thus settling differences over oil policy between Kuwait and Iraq. At the time of the settlement, more than 100,000 Iraqi troops were deployed along the Iraq–Kuwait border, there was little indication of decline in tensions despite the OPEC settlement. So even though Kuwait agreed to reduce oil output, Iraq still invaded anyway.

Think of it, Kuwait intentionally increases oil supply (to harm Iraq), Iraq urged Kuwait to reduce oil supply so prices can rise… Kuwait refuses and defiant, Saddam invades. That means Kuwait is to blame for the invasion.

Historical inaccuracies include the portrayal of certain characters. The portrayal of Tariq Aziz is objectionable from Kuwaiti perspective. In the movie, he’s a good character who helps Indians evacuate from Kuwait through negotiating with Ranjit. He was Iraq’s foreign minister at the time, he refused to negotiate with Kuwait. He’s the one who advised Saddam to invade Kuwait. Another aspect is lack of political sensitivity influenced the movie. The Indian government stood with Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War, India was opposed to the use of force against Iraq. India even stopped the refueling of military planes after the second week of war in 1991 as opposition to use of force against Iraq. so Tariq Aziz’s portrayal in the movie is not surprising really, if you think of the nature of Iraq-India relations in 1990-1991. None of it is surprising. After all, Saddam Beach in Kerala is named after Saddam Hussein in an act of solidarity with Iraq in the Gulf War.

Holy shit! I just looked it up, Saddam Beach DOES exist and it’s named after Saddam Hussein!

This is fucking disgraceful! Kuwait has been a home to Malayalis since the Sixties, it’s given them livelihood and the money to buy beautiful, white houses and yet some of them went ahead and named a beach after a murderous dictator who not only killed hundreds of Kuwaitis but also killed a quarter of a million Kurdish people!

I’ve been to Kerala and, even though I absolutely love the state just as I love all the states of India, I’m absolutely furious that the government of Kerala and its Governor Sathasivam wouldn’t express some sort of concern over this.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Redha.

i understand what you were saying but kuwaitis have been treating indians – keralites included – like shit way before the war began. Im not saying its right but its understandable to not take kuwaits side in the war. and indians have been dying here for ages. there are many ways to kill people, war only being one of them.

my relatives were here in the 60s and didnt exactly have the greatest things to say about their hosts.

again im not saying what india did was right – i would have preferred they take a neutral stance… BUT im saying that every narrative is valid.

Kuwaitis have been devoted fans of Bollywood since Raj fucking Kapoor. My aunt in law who is Kuwaiti used to watch Raj Kapoor before you were even born. It is totally insensitive on Bollywood’s part to make Kuwait look like a villain when firstly Kuwait has always been a massive supporter of Bollywood and secondly, and much more importantly, how can you vilify Kuwait when Saddam Hussein is a madman who killed, gassed, tortured and maimed 300,000 Kurds!

Also, you do not invade a country and kill hundreds of its people for the sake of oil. There is no excuse for war.

Even I am growing weary of your constant Kuwait-bashing and I typically can’t find anything nice to say about this country. If you actually think that the minor injustices you and other Indians have faced here is worse than 300,000 innocent civilians, who had no other country to go to mind you because they’re Iraqi, being gassed and killed left and right by one of history’s most notorious dictators then I have nothing else to say to you and no one on here should give a fuck about any of your comments from here on out. You have no conscience.

Wow. Since moving to Kuwait, I’ve been reading up on the history of the country and part of it was the invasion. Your response is interesting and articulate. Actually wants to make me start reading some more. Thank you.

yep i’ve even heard this WAS the official reason for the war. And whether kuwait was doing it or not is disputed. but come on – do we think Kuwait wouldnt?

The oil prices were reduced by Kuwait after the 4 year Iran-Iraq war and saddam wanted to sell it on at par prices to bring his economy back on track.

This is my understanding. I was here during that time and this is what I heard.

Also wasn’t the reason Saddam invaded Kuwait because there were rumors that Kuwait was stealing Iraq’s oil through slant drilling.

It’s interesting that Kuwait maintains very strong relations with India despite its stance with Saddam, yet there were no qualms in expelling 400,000 stateless Palestinians, most of which had nothing to do with the occupation.

That’s because, Indian Government didn’t support Saddam’s Invasion, whereas Arafat the top leader of Palestine openly supported it..

Second the beach was named as Saddam Beach by the Villagers and not by any government entity… Just like Indians in Kuwait there were Indians in Iraq too, who supported the country, which had provided job and income..Plus Saddam was termed as hero by many due to his stand against the Americans

Before writing this nonsense you should have to learn about India’s Non-alliance policy. India will never interfere or side with anyone during a dispute or war.

Secondly.. its Kuwaiti people’s big heart that they still supporting the Palestinians after what they did to Kuwait side with Saddam during the invasion.

Lets face it, Haider dealt with the sensitive subject of Kashmir which is an internationally recognized disputed territory. bajirao mastani, though being a great epic movie, has some historical flaws too as the descendants of the family of the king potrayed had taken legal action against the director of the movie, and may be also because of the fact that the movie potrayed marriage between a hindu man and a muslim girl, which is according to Islam, impossible!

It’s not impossible, they did it. 😉

Haider did not depict India or Pakistan in a negative light. It was only sympathetic to the plight of Kashmiris, which many people are.

Call it anything but marriage, it simply is invalid. Haider had some controversial depiction.
On the side note, ” arundhati roy is my watever” are u the person who was behind kuwait-trailmix? Whatever happened to that blog?

Correction “BASED ON TRUE EVENT” not a story, you can see that on poster, even trailer.

secondly, I seen movie, got it, and honestly it was tasteless horrible, dancing during invasion, about some Kuwaiti indian origin who freed his people, and in the end even though it has nothing to do with India, they raised the India Flag, like it’s an extreme insult, your talking about another country’s event then show complete support for only Indians, oh and the fight scene was extremely absurd, what kind of moron cross the desert with no water?!

the list goes on, it’s beyond believe stupid, we should even ban Indians from kuwait for their tasteless movie.

it’s like people get killed, then they go abruptly dancing, like dude KILLING, DEATH, then dance happily, I think they enjoyed the invasion from the way they dance.

while i find plenty of (not all) bollywood movies pretty annoying, especially all the singing and dancing, you have to understand that all of that is a part of their identity and while for most people (including myself) that might not be our cup of tea, thats just how it is.

also how does this movie have nothing to do with india? you do realize that its a movie about the largest civilian evacuation in history right? conducted BY india? so why tf wouldnt they have the indian flag raised at the end? thats pretty amazing, it deserves recognition and its something to be proud of.

you honestly sound like a butthurt local who is incredibly upset that his sense of entitlement doesnt reflect on to bollywood productions. why the hell would they hoist the kuwait flag? america had to come in and clean up the mess, it was hardly a moment for kuwaitis to be proud of their country.

do the rest of the internet a favor and fuck off.

lmao im not even indian.

whatever dude, youre not even a true kuwaiti. you give all the genuine, real kuwaitis i know such a bad name. the world laughs at kuwaitis like you and your narrowminded thought processes. its no surprise that so many good kuwaitis i know are getting the hell out of here. they have to share their country with uneducated fucks like yourself.

id rather not waste my educated brain on having a conversation with someone like you so goodbye.

Dude or whatever you are…

On your personal level stop using every product that is imported from my nation….then lets talk about throwing us outside… we are not beggars living on doles…we are officially here based on our skills whatever they are..and because you don’t have those skills…

Well Said RT.

They think they are doing us a favor. Go into Economics as well. Check out the trade between the countries. They will not understand because you are an internet comment writer. Give respect take respect.

You can go back to where you came from. Atleast India is one of the top economies of the world. Surely way better than u unless you are from the USA, who I’m sure will never speak in this way.

It was banned because Tariq Aziz is portrayed as a good guy.

Tariq was Iraq’s Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and close advisor of Saddam Hussein.

I bet there are 100’s of reasons to ban the movie.

Maybe kuwaitis arent shown in a good way.

Doesnt matter… Torrents are here to save the day..

I just downloaded the movie. I think they banned it because the Kuwaiti characters are wearing comical ropes like from Aladdin cartoon 🙂 Is it so hard to get regular dishadashas in the UAE? Heck most of the tailors who make them are Indian!

I just downloaded the movie. I think they banned it because the Kuwaiti characters are wearing comical ropes like from Aladdin cartoon 🙂 Is it so hard to get regular dishdashas in the UAE? Heck most of the tailors who make them are Indian!

Not a surprise its banned in q8.. Indians who’ve never been in q8 dunno its nature.. If they knew, they wud probably never even think of makin a movie. Basically, others usin their country’s name is not really considered friendly in q8, which is fair enuff, every country has their own rule.

Anyways, heard dat the movie is about the biggist evacuation ever made, so generally they were focusin on that event which is recorded in Guinness Book. [[The 1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait was carried out from 13 August to 11 October 1990 after the Invasion of Kuwait. Air India holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people evacuated by a civil airline as a result of this effort.]] The most the directors/producers of the movie cud’ve done was to use another country’s name or a fake country name instead of q8, jus like they did with the person’s name ‘Rajiv Kattyal’. Rest assured, every1 knows history.

Haven’t watched the movie yet but, i hope i dun get to see Iraqi soldiers botherin Indians in the movie. Since we’ve lived there durin d invasion, we know that they clearly told us their war is not with us or ANY FOREIGNER [other than US ofcourse], but only with the citizens.. & that if they ever knew we were hidin them, THEN they wud cause us harm. We remember their soldiers bein very young, playin football with us & waitin to return to their parents.

Bless q8!! <3

True… The war was with citizens and Americans, but that doesn’t mean foreigners were unaffected. I know families who had their doors broken down by Iraqi soldiers who forced people to show their passports to proof foreign nationality AT GUN-POINT— it’s terrifying.

Glad you have such a joyous memory of Iraq and the invasion – some of us look less favorably on the whole event.
Btw- how did Air India get permission to airlift so many? Iraq sympathizer ?

I just went through it quickly. I didn’t see anything in particular that would warrant banning it. I think the entire subject matter could be sensitive especially for those who lived through it and lost loved ones. I believe the sensor decided to play it safe and not have to deal with headaches coming from the public or those in charge. Also, the timing which coincides with the National day festivities may have played a role.

That exactly should have been your comment earlier. Being “PINKY” you have a greater responsibility towards the Blog.

I don’t know but you can explain better why we see some of the posters in Pink, and our comments get “waiting moderation” when replying.

i have seen the movie and there is nothing wrong shown about kuwait … Its the story about indians who suffered during the war..Its a bollywood movie & indias biggest rescue operation so why wouldnt they show the indian flag in the movie?? what is wrong in showing that?? Anyways half of the bollywood movies are banned in kuwait so its no surprise at all that …

Wow. I’m glad I got back to the states so I can watch it today.
And I was wondering why they didn’t shoot the movie in Kuwait. Kuwait doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere in the future.

‘Kuwait doesn’t seem like it’s going anywhere in the future’
????
Hahahahahah – yep, carry on – you really are very, mmm, deep.

Everything about Kuwait is about Oil.. India got oil from Iraq directly hence Air India was allowed to airlift soo many Indians…
USA stepped in because of Oil
As for the future… with the oil prices falling… with the world slowly starting to be less dependent on Oil… think about it, I sure hope the good people who govern Kuwait are thinking about it and making contingency plans

For those Indians who have lived in Kuwait and survived the 1990 invasion, the facts or fiction portrayed in this movie would mean a lot.

From what I have read on the internet / heard about this movie, there are many flaws in the film or rather as i would put it…more fiction than facts.

When a film that is being promoted as ” based on true events” with a lead actor as famous as Akshay Kumar (that is expected to be watched around the world by the masses) highlights a specific country / community then the details should be as close to reality as possible.

Else “history” gets distorted and those who only read about the 1990 invasion in books / internet start believing what they are seeing / being shown.

#boycottkuwaitcinemas I’ve been saying it for years. But people still keep paying to see horribly cut and Pussified films. Mad max in Kuwait and mad max in Doha were night and day…one thing I don’t miss about Kuwait. Kuwait cinema sucks.

You’re right aaa.

Films get banned ALL the time in India. If Airlift is in fact historically inaccurate and shows Kuwait in a less than flattering light then its makers should expect ramifications.

Because the sorry is totally fictional and from the promos it would seem like a mockery of the truth.
Apparently he’s a rich Indian in Kuwait and was thrown into prison n beaten up etc which didn’t really happen.
Anyway many Indians who were in Kuwait during the Iraq war think this movie is a mockery themselves so it’s understandable why it’s banned. There’s no facts in the movie just another romantic silly movie where this one Indian guy beats the Iraqis on his own lol

I take my comment back
Just watched the movie
The promos were mis leading big time as well as the songs. Good movie even though there is fiction in it. It does tell the story of an Indian who was of big help a bit exaturated but awesome movie!

I am not surprised but surely disappointed. This film (shot in Abu Dhabi) is doing extremely well in the UAE and elsewhere worldwide.
With all the unnecessary censorship in Kuwait, most movies, whether Hollywood or Bollywood is incomplete and isn’t worth seeing here in Cinemas.
Thank God for Torrents:)some consolation!

Watching our beloved Indian movies in cinemas is a travesty. Please watch them in the comfort of your home by making a 500 fils after market purchase. Good for you….good for Kuwait and good for your local CD selling Babu.

Its a movie guys , and just like the REVENANT( also based on a true story), movies need to sell to an audience . Many do tend to be distortions which driven by a commercial need or by ignorance of the scriptwriters / producers. Lighten Up !

I was there when invasion happened. Airlift has taken the peas out of Kuwait and its pows. Airlift deserve to be ban. Its an insult to Kuwait, Amir, families of Kuwaiti martyred and pows.

For Indians it’s a movies, for us its invasion

Ali no offense but such movies need to come from Kuwait, don’t expect others to do your work. Tomorrow if Egyptian’s or Pakistani’s or Bangladeshi’s come out with such movie, the would definitely want to show hardships faced by their citizens. 59 days compressed in 2hr movie is bound to have some incidents missing.

Mark! Do you concur with my comments earlier? “Why not make your own movies?”

Too much hoola over nothing. Its politically correct to ban the movie here. Can you imagine the uproar among locals?

If someone made a movie distorting facts about the India Pakistan conflict and showing leadership in Pakistan in good light, I guess the movie would suffer the same fate in India. So why not Kuwait ban it?

That said, its the expats that prevented Kuwait from becoming non-existent and the 19th province of Iraq so the disregard shown to them everyday (and by persons like Neonark in this comment) is just ridiculous. They do not realize things can change in a second in this current world and money (not earned but from the ground) will not get them anywhere always if they run to someone for help.

“If you ask me, in my heart of hearts, I am not happy,” was the response of the Kuwaiti ambassador in the UN on India’s stand through the invasion

“India, which was then a member of the UN Security Council, abstained on Resolution 686 that outlined the requirements for Iraq to comply with the ceasefire”

Extract from “Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy” By Rajiv Sikri

“Mr Saddam Hussein invited Mr Gujral to visit Kuwait. The
Indian minister accepted, which was a bit of a surprise,
considering Kuwait was under occupation.

“Mr Gujral became the only foreign dignitary to pay a visit to Kuwait when it was under occupation.”

Extract from “At Large in the World: A Memoir” By Harish Chandola

Thanks india for supporting KUWAIT

LA, your facts are accurate. But if you look at the larger perspective in which India acted you’ll see there was actually more to it than just those facts.

India voted in favour of all the UN resolutions 660 through 678, which condemned the Iraqi invasion, asked Iraq to unconditionally withdraw its forces from Kuwait, and finally authorized individual UN member countries to pursue their own actions in the event that Iraq failed to comply.

While the US chose to intervene and assist Kuwait militarily, India did not. Why would it directly interfere in a bilateral conflict between two countries, both of which it was separately friendly with at the time? India had had significant numbers of its own citizens residing in both countries, and also imported oil from both. India’s immediate interest in the conflict was to ensure the safety of it’s own citizens, and it maintained diplomatic communication with both sides in order to do that, and to eventually evacuate those who wanted to leave.

There have been additional examples of the same perspective against since 1991. In 2006, India evacuated its citizens from Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, then again from Libya in 2011, and from Yemen in 2015. In each case it also rescued the nationals of many other countries as well. It has throughout maintained its peaceful relations with all the countries involved before, during and after these conflicts, and has continued to maintain normal diplomatic relations with each since then.

India’s stance on international conflict has always been to condemn it without interfering. But in a post-conflict situation it usually refrains from telling one side or the other what to do next. This is exactly what resolution 686 was all about, ie, it described what Iraq should do next, and India abstained from voting either for or against it. That is consistent with its foreign policy of non-alignment. I’m sure the Kuwait government understands that perspective, even if it may have been temporarily hurtful to some individuals within the government. Surely that understanding is also the reason diplomatic ties have always remained normal even after the invasion.

This movie is just a production by a private business, and not an official message from the Indian government. It’s got elements of fiction in it, and it’s perfectly within Kuwait’s rights to ban it internally if it finds any content offensive. Such action is transactional in nature, and it has no impact on the relationship between the two countries at all.

Again.. logic reigns here. I hope everybody gets to read the above response.. instead of just making random illogical comments.

Very informed reply.

Another aspect to take into consideration… any movie made ‘based on true events’ also has a considerable amount of ‘creative liberties’. Did they just make the hero look like a prophet leading his people through the desert to liberation? Hell yeah… who’d want to see something mundane and boring?

Having said that, a country/ community/ person can be offended not only by fiction, but also by facts. Not necessarily in this case.

I was here in Kuwait when the invasion happened. My family and I lived through 2 months of the occupation before we decided to leave. Also, do a little bit of role-playing… put yourself in the shoes of the Indian government and the switch the Indian expats for your child. Knowing what Saddam had done to another child (Kuwaitis), what would be your approach to dealing with this madman (yes, I loathe him because of personal experience) when your child is under his control?

Thanks to nish and redha for the explanation above.

I doubt I was going to see it anyway… So i don’t really care.

Act One- Scene One – Dancing in water fountain.
Scene Two – Hero tortured by bad guy
Act Two- Scene One – Girl dancing on mountain
Scene Two- Bad guy kidnaps girl
Scene Three- Hero kills 53 bad guys
Act Three- Scene One – Dancing on beach
Scene Two – Hero kills 18 bad guys
Scene Three – Hero saves girl
Scene Four – Hero and girl dancing on train
Final Act- Scene One – Hero kills 87 bad guys
Scene Two – Vigorous group dancing

Indian movies……You gotta love them.

Hollywood movies are no better.

Scene 1: Opening credits accompanied by cheesy ass rock music
Scene 2: The black guy dies

Listen Folks , I respect Kuwait and India, both are my countries….Even though the locals think we are not here for them. With regards to the movie the movie team should have dug in more and spoke to a few officials here before writing the script….We all Know the mad man was the main cause. it is just a movie so not to get into an argument on the expat vs locals here…..

btw this post just hit more than the netflix posting (comment wise) 🙂

GOD BLESS BOTH INDIA AND KUWAIT.

HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY Fellow Indians .

to all my Kuwaiti brothers…..we love you…..dont judge us on some movie some ignorant person made who did not even bother to check some truth or everyone’s sentiments. He just wanted to break the Box Office. chiiichingggg

Movie according to me is 6/10…..Bajrangi Bhaijaan was better, and I am not even a Sallu fan…I love Akshay (Rajiv) was with me many years same school 🙂

Other thing to remember is IT WAS A FU@K*N# WAR…..the Kuwaitis had a chance to withdraw (not run or hide) beyond Saudi Borders as per orders given to them….we Indians and other nationalities who were (tortured and raped in many cases) i feel sorry for some Fili friends 🙁 have heard some tragic true stories….did not have that chance and were stuck with the ruthless invaders…..what do you spouse we could do besides lick their A$$

Anyways MARK….after you see the movie please let us know your views….According to me, the movie started well, then towards the middle everyone started eating chapatis, towards the end i fell asleep many times, and in the end when i saw my flag I got all patriotic with wet eyes….which in your case you would not feel. all in all….what the fu@k was all the fuss about….Jai Hind…..Oh ya…. love you Kuwait 🙂

Neoark you’re a fucking racist and you’re no longer welcomed in posting here. I just deleted a bunch of your comments and will continue to do so from now on.

Sad thing is that India put a lot of effort in getting its people out of Kuwait. But they didn’t put any effort in liberating Kuwait

Yeah its sad, and contrary they were about to send (officially) indian soldiers in support of Iraq as peace-keeping force.

Sorry, but India were never “about to send” any soldiers into either Iraq or Kuwait, and certainly not during the time of the Kuwait invasion.

In 2003, when the US intervention in Iraq was going on, it was the US that requested India to send in peacekeeping troops. India considered the request and declined.

What is true is that India did not put any military effort into liberating Kuwait. It did however support the UN resolutions that eventually led to the US intervention.

Kuwaitis ran. Other groups raided everything. Indians got the hell out fearing for their lives. Americans and other countries got in for the oil and to prevent de-stabilization. India as I remember was in a recession as well unable to pay the next month’s rent (started globalization in that year to open markets) So your point is what? Also in retrospect unless there was something in it for the country why would they do it?

The question you should be asking is ” why the localites cannot defend and protect their own country” “why always the country is serving them instead the other way round”….

Or a gud thing may be..?? U never know… I mean atleast I dunno if q8 really appreciates anythin gud from outsiders at all?? Frankly speakin, if u look back into history of q8, i mean wen it was completely a desert & nothin more.. be it introduction of first cars in q8 or commercial center for the transit of goods, India’s name is always linked with the help in development. And look at the way they are treated in q8 (not all ofcourse) but in general…

Anyways, why r we even discussin all this? Its gettin baseless.. Readin few of the comments above that clearly state oil market disappearin from the face of earth, its time for gulf to focus on savin its existance than buildin more foodcourts & cafes. India is an ancient civilization, it has contributed & introduced many things to the world of its own. They have their own inventions, cars, they’ve been to the moon & back, if that wasn’t enuff they set their first orbit on Mars with may be not even 25% of total cost NASA spent tryin to do the same.. they even have their damn people runnin CEO of Microsoft & Google??!!! What’s with these peaople?? Lol will they NEVER stop progressin??? Good luck to them anyways 🙂

Note that India is NAM member (non-allied)…. it never sends its soldiers to participate in someone else’s war… only peace keeping…

well Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Egypt and Morocco are also NAM members, and they all helped in liberating Kuwait

supposed to be not if they group themselves in NAM.. Our neighbor (also a NAM member) is fighting someone else’s war for decade.. NAM means not aligned with any power bloc and I leave it to you to decide how many of those you listed are neutral in real…

Yes that’s true Pakistan Helped

‘ In 1990, up to 700 personnel of the Pakistan Armed Forces were stationed in Kuwait. Pakistani officers served in technical and advisory roles in the Kuwaiti Army during the Gulf War. Pakistan was a member of the coalition forces against the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and Pakistani personnel took part in UN mine hunting operations in Kuwait.”

See how Kuwait has helped a So called Muslim Brother country , by banning ALL (Even family) Visas for more than 3 years now.

Wait wuts the argument all about??? Is anyone even bothered to know WHY IRAQ INVADED q8 at the first place??!!! Every1 knows their history… lets not bring it on here…

Good suggestion but its gone, been waiting and waiting and waiting, but torrent are the only hope as always I guess.

Disclaimer: this comment is hatred free, sorry if you feel offended by what i see rational.

I am one of those who had catastrophic consequences of Saddam’s arrogance and dumbness in the gulf war, but as you grow up and mix in this world you start to realize it isn’t about you and you only.

Oil dispute is a fact, check CIA facts book, a BBC documentary about Saddam Hussein shows that, as well as how the US embassy’s response in Baghdad was that “it is an internal issues and we are not going to intervene”, giving Saddam (who was a former agent to the CIA, supported by the US to fight Iran with US supplied chemical weapons – which they later came back to look for it after he isn’t their agent anymore – in the known resources intensive war between Iraq and Iran) an indirect green light to invade Kuwait, he trusted that the US is on his side.

He was naive enough and didn’t know that it is always about interests, and in this case the gulf war was in the interest of the US and it let it happen, the gulf war gave US the last boost it needed before it announces it self officially the world police after the collapse of USSR.

Karma is a bitch, it is just about time to realize (after it is too late), that US doesn’t give a flying f*uck about anyone in the Middle East (except for one known country formed one the same concept the US was founded on and that is not democracy but -sorry if offended your ancestors- stealing natives lands) currently it cares only about elites controlling it.

US doubled their oil production since 2005 using shale oil to become No. 1 oil producer (Google it), taking sanctions off its allegedly axis of evil country (Iran), to let it’s production flood the market while portray it in media as it is the Arabs fault bringing oil prices to this level and use its revenue to support extremists who later on became ISIS, is just another spank on our Arab lazy dreaming a$s, and we still think the US is our ally, just about time to find out.

The handing over of Iraq, Now Syria and previously Lebanon (tell me one thing critical that goes in Lebanon without Hezbollah’s approval), and Yemen; Saddam’s response in gulf war was just another pure naive Arab outrage, the same as of other gulf countries wanted to bring Saddam (and sadly Iraq as a whole) to the ground as a revenge, a move we haven’t consider properly and blindly rushed in opposing one mistake with another, we didn’t consider the consequences, we usually don’t do our homework and long-term calculations.

Wake up people, its never going to be back the same, the game is over.

What is and has been the most disturbing thing about censorship here is that although films which promote love and understanding and perhaps may have an element of romance about them, are always cut to shreds- but never fear if it’s blood, guts and gore. Sure… it’s ok for the kids to see that ……
Shame really- get the priorities right please Mr Censor.

Hmm good question. What does the law say in general about piracy – both selling/buying at the entrance of Coop’s/Fanar Mall and downloading over the internet? Fajer?

The movie broadly portrays the story of the late H.S. Vedi, who was Chairman of the Indian Citizens Committee at that time, and Sunny Mathews, both of whom played a significant role in helping with the evacuation process.

It was great honor to meet Mr Vedi in person a few years back. There was a full page article on him in Kuwait Times after his demise.

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