KUWAIT CITY, 12 December 2002 — Some 250 US soldiers have been struck by food poisoning at an army camp in the southern Kuwaiti desert, said a spokesman from Camp Doha, the main US army base here. “Approximately 250 were affected in Camp Arifjan,” Capt. Darryl Wright told AFP. “Two were admitted to a Kuwaiti hospital for further evaluation.” Water supplies to the camp tested negative, while food sources are still being tested as the possible cause. Food at the camp, which is prepared on the facility, is supplied by US contracting company Brown and Root “and assisted by third country nationals,” Wright said. The food products used come from the United States and Europe, as well as from local suppliers, he added. Wright would not comment when asked if the incident could be the result of foul play. The catering company “stopped serving dinner on the 9th (December) but resumed on the 10th,” Wright said. Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai Al-Aam said that dizziness, vomiting, fever and exhaustion broke out after the troops ate meals. (AFP)