A US-made M1A1 Kuwait Army tank fires on a target during a military exercise in the Kuwaiti desert on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. One thousand French soldiers including the 13th Brigade of the French Foreign Legion out of Djibuti and 1,300 Kuwaiti military personnel conducted the military exercise Pearl of the West 09, in Udeira Range, 150 Km North of Kuwait City. (AP Photo)

A line of French-made armoured vehicles from the 5th French Overseas Armored Regiment, foreground, train together with Kuwait's Army, in the Kuwait desert on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

Members of the 13th French Foreign Legion Brigade out of Djibuti, set up a command and control post in the Kuwaiti desert on Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

Soldiers from the 5th French Overseas Armored Regiment practice medical evacuation in the Udeira Range of the Kuwaiti desert on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, during joint military exercises with Kuwaiti forces.

French Foreign Legion staff sargeant Sebastien Quiatol from Hyeres, France, right, directs the firing of a French-made Mistral anti-armor missile by private Yoan Picaud in the Kuwaiti desert, Wednesday, April 8, 2009

French Foreign Legion staff corporal Jocelyn Lazantsy, right, from Madagascar, position a French-made ERC 90 "Sagaie" tank from the 5th Overseas Armored Regiment in the Kuwaiti desert on Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

French Foreign Legion staff corporal Jocelyn Lazantsy, from Madagascar, position a French-made ERC 90 "Sagaie" tank from the 5th Overseas Armored Regiment in the Kuwaiti desert on Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

A US-made Apache helicopter with Kuwait's Air Force, as it fires on a target during a military exercise in the Kuwaiti desert on Tuesday, April 14, 2009

In this photo taken Wednesday April 8, 2009, showing a French-made Mirage war plane from France's Air Force as it flies over the Kuwaiti desert.