KUWAIT CITY, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaiti authorities have tightened security measures along the northern border with Iraq to prevent al-Qaida supporters to enter Iraq following the death of the terror group's leader there Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, local newspaper Kuwait Times reported on Sunday.

    The report said that the security measures were taken in anticipation of Zarqawi's supporters who might try to enter Iraq from northern Kuwait in order to avenge Zarqawi's killing.

    Meanwhile, Sayid Mohamed Baqer Al-Mahrit, an eminent Kuwaiti Shiite scholar, attacked those who felt sorry for the death of Zarqawi in Kuwait and called on the authorities to fight promoters of terrorism.

    The Jordanian-born Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, was killed in a U.S. air raid on an area north of Baghdad on Wednesday evening.

    He is believed to be the head of the al-Qaida group in Iraq, which has claimed responsibility for some of the bloodiest attacks in the violence-plagued country. Enditem