Al Jahra (Arabic: جهراء) is a town located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of Kuwait City in Kuwait. Al Jahra is the capital of the Al Jahra Governorate of Kuwait as well as the surrounding Al Jahra District which is agriculturally based. Encyclopædia Britannica recorded the population in 1980 as 67,311.
Al Jahra was once dominated by agricultural land and began as a small oasis village. Historically it became known as a notable trading point for camels and a stopping place on the way to Kuwait City. It gradually grew into a town along the historic Kuwait Red Fort. Al Jahra was the site of the Battle of Jahra in 1920, a conflict between Kuwaiti and Saudi forces. Today, there is a national monument commemorating the battle. The conflict was settled in 1922 when King Abdul Aziz al-Saud recognized the independence of Kuwait in exchange for territory.
During the Gulf War, the outskirts of Al Jahra was also the site of an infamous shootout with the Allied destruction of a stalled Iraqi convoy as it retreated up Mutla Ridge on Highway 80 between February 25 and 26, 1991. The US Army received orders by General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. to not let anybody in or out of Kuwait City and to effectively blockade the retreating Iraqi convoys within a 100-mile radius. He ordered the dispatching of Apache helicopters armed with anti-tank missiles to block the Iraqis. Schwarzkopf commented in 1995 on the military action:
Al Jahra Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الجهراء الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football (soccer) club based in Jahra City. They won the Kuwaiti league (the old name of Kuwaiti Premier League) once, in 1990. They participated in the Kuwaiti Premier League 21 times, most recently in the 2007–2008 season. Al Jahra reached the Kuwait Emir Cup final twice in recent times, 1996 and 2002, where they lost to Al Arabi 1–2 and Kuwait Club 0–1.
Al Jahra Sporting Club also offers various sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and prides itself in Fencing. Al Jahra Sporting Club has achieved both national and international fencing gold medals; training some of Asia's best fencers under the guidance of Head Coach, Captain Abdullah.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
You oughta get comfortable.
We gonna get busy.
Say good-bye to the late, to
the great Mr. Nice Guy.
Do or die, I’m (gonna) open your eyes.
Start a wild, wild fire inside ya’ baby.
Undecided, heart divided.
Wonderin’ how should, you ask me how long
You can fight it, but tonight it’s all about how strong.
CHORUS:
I’m gonna hit you with all I got.
Get ready,
All I got.
Touch your sky,
All I got.
You’ll be so pretty.
Church in the mornin’,
But for the moment it’s alright,
Yes, it’s on.
East or West, full of stress.
Troublin’ reaction.
I'll never rest,
‘til I get your request for some attraction
CHORUS 2:
I’m gonna hit ya with all I got.
I'm gonna hit you,all I got.
Close your eyes, all I got.
Can you imagine.
The radio be singin’, uh-huh, uh-huh.
All I got.
Be ready,
All I got.
Touch your sky,
All I got.
We’ll be shoulder to shoulder,
Over & over it’s alright,
Baby.
VAMP OUT
Baby, baby, the talkin’ time is over.
Now we got to hurry to the real thang.
Didn’t we let the season go rollin’ right by.
What’ve we got to lose by givin’ it all we got.
We gonna come out the winner, believe it or not.
Just rally around the funk and say I love ya.
Baby!!
Goin’ in through the window, stayin’ through the summer.
Woe unto the woman that’s startin’ to doubt.
All I got.
All I got.
All I got.