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By Jon Gambrell, David Rising And Sally Abou Aljoud DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 A witness says he saw smoke over a Kuwait neighborhood that home to the U.S. Embassy as Americans had been urged to stay away. Ayman Moawad, an Egyptian worker living near the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, told The Associated Press that he saw smoke over the area on Monday. However, he didn\u2019t know if it was specifically the embassy hit in an ongoing Iranian attack targeting the small Mideast nation. The U.S. earlier issued an urgent warning to Americans there to take cover and remain indoors. It said: \u201cDo not come to the Embassy,\u201d without elaborating. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iran and… <\/p>\n

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By Jon Gambrell, David Rising And Sally Abou Aljoud DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 A witness says he saw smoke over a Kuwait neighborhood that home to the U.S. Embassy as Americans had been urged to stay away. Ayman Moawad, an Egyptian worker living near the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, told The Associated Press that he saw smoke over the area on Monday. However, he didn\u2019t know if it was specifically the embassy hit in an ongoing Iranian attack targeting the small Mideast nation. The U.S. earlier issued an urgent warning to Americans there to take cover and remain indoors. It said: \u201cDo not come to the Embassy,\u201d without elaborating. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iran and... <\/p>\n

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