KUWAIT CITY (Antara/AFP) - The Kuwaiti opposition on Tuesday declared "war" against rife corruption, alleging that tens of billions of dollars of public funds have been stolen by former senior officials. "The real open war will start after the end of this rally and we will announce its end after we achieve victory against forces of corruption," prominent opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak told thousands of people at a public rally. Barrak, a former MP, also charged that a number of former senior officials have stolen around $50 billion and deposited them in foreign banks including an Israeli bank. To substantiate his claims, Barrak showed what he said were copies of their accounts and huge transfers to the rally through a large screen. The rally, the first by the opposition in over a year, was attended by thousands of people who braved scorching heat of over 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fehrenheit) and cheered the speakers as they revealed alleged corruption scandals. Barrak challenged the government to hire an international firm to trace the transfers and said he has the documents to prove his claims. At the end of his defiant speech, Barrak said he was not afraid of any thing and showed a piece of white cloth he said it is to be used for his burial if he was killed. Former Islamist opposition MP Jamaan al-Harbash said the corruption amounted to high treason. "This is not only about corruption. What is happening in Kuwait today is high treason," Harbash said.(*)

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