( CNN ) -- Kuwaiti security forces arrested six Kuwaitis linked to al Qaeda who planned to attack a U.S. military installation , the country 's state-run news agency reported Tuesday . Troops at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait gather for a 2007 holiday show . The suspects had planned to bomb Camp Arifjan during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan , Kuwaiti security sources said . It is unclear when the arrests took place . Camp Arifjan , outside Kuwait City near the country 's border with Saudi Arabia , is used as a logistical base and transit point for U.S. troops deploying to and from neighboring Iraq , according to the U.S. Defense Department . U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood congratulated Kuwait `` on the reported arrest of terrorists targeting U.S. forces and Kuwait facilities . '' `` ... Kuwait has been an outstanding host for the United States armed forces . This is evidence of the strong U.S.-Kuwait partnership against al Qaeda . '' The U.S. military had no further information . `` The operation was a Kuwaiti-led one , and so the Kuwaitis have the details on the intel and the people they apprehended , '' said Navy Capt . Jack Hanzlik , a spokesman for U.S. Central Command . The plot also involved an attack on Kuwait 's State Security Service headquarters and other government facilities , according to the Kuwait News Agency , which cited a statement from the Interior Ministry . An investigation into the alleged plot is ongoing , the news agency reported . Two suspects confessed Tuesday that they planned to attack Camp Arifjan with an explosives-laden truck during Ramadan , which begins August 21 , the security sources said . The other four suspects will be interrogated Wednesday , the sources said . Camp Arifjan is the forward headquarters for the U.S. Army Central Command in the region . It is a major logistics base for the U.S. military and generally houses thousands of American troops . Most of the troops stationed there are a component of the 3rd U.S. Army , which is headquartered in Fort McPherson in Atlanta , Georgia , and supports U.S. Central Command missions in the Mideast , including Iraq and Afghanistan , according to the U.S. military . `` We take the security situation at the base and force protection very seriously and coordinate closely with the Kuwaiti government on the security of our bases , '' said Army Sgt . Major Brian Thomas , an Atlanta-based spokesman for Central Command . `` Camp Arifjan and other bases in Kuwait are very secure . The security at Camp Arifjan is no different than the security at any U.S. base in Iraq or Afghanistan . '' CNN 's Yousef Rafayah , Jill Dougherty and Mike Mount contributed to this report .
Sources : Two suspects confess to plan to attack Iran with explosives . Also four suspects to be interrogated this week . Sources : news agency suspects plan to attack during Ramadan . Report : Camp Arifjan , National Intelligence Service headquarters , other facilities targeted .