Kuwait will build megaport despite threat

Kuwait said on Sunday that threats by Iraqi militants will not deter the oil-rich emirate from completing the construction of a controversial megaport between the two nations. "We are not scared by threats and we are continuing the construction work in the project. Work is ongoing smoothly and as planned," foreign ministry under-secretary Khaled al-Jarallah told reporters.
The Kuwaiti official was responding to new threats by Iraqi Shiite militant group Ketaeb Hezbollah that it will strike the port if Kuwait did not halt construction.
The group made its first threat last month and Kuwaiti newspapers on Sunday published new threats by the same group. "This threat is unfortunate and irresponsible," Jarallah said after a presentation on Mubarak Al-Kabeer port to heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Kuwait.