In the shootout, one person was killed and another received multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Air Force. Both were civilian employees of the Pentagon. The incident occurred near the US military base Camp Doha: the Americans were fired upon while they were driving along Route 85. The US Embassy and the US military command in the region confirmed this information. Details of the attack have not yet been released.
More than 15,000 American soldiers are deployed in Kuwait, who, in the event of a US attack on Iraq, will take part in hostilities.