Iraq-Kuwait naval agreementnote

Commander of the Iraqi Navy Admiral Mohammad Jawad Kazim and his Kuwaiti counterpart Major-General Ahmad Yusef Al-Mulla signed a cooperation agreement on 11/11/08. The agreement allows the Iraqi and Kuwaiti navies to work together to patrol their common waterways and combat terrorism and smuggling in the Gulf region. The following 200-word newswire focuses on the issue and on what the Iraqis will do to carry out their part of the agreement.