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| Kuwait thugs recant confessions... |
| 2002-11-10 |
| Six Kuwaiti men detained in the fatal shooting of U.S. Marines last month have told a judge they confessed to complicity in the attack under duress, their lawyer said Sunday. The young men, including a 17-year-old suspect, said they had nothing to do with the Oct. 8 attack by two Muslim fundamentalist Kuwaitis but had to confess because they were beaten or "mistreated" by police, the attorney, Najib al-Wugayyan, told The Associated Press. "We wuz just standin' around, mindin' our own bidnid, when suddenly these here large men with moustachios and truncheons come up..." The suspects have not been formally charged or referred to trial, but they were questioned Saturday by a judge to decide whether they should be released on bail. He ruled their detention should be extended while prosecution finished investigating the case. Police officials were not immediately available to comment about the alleged beatings. In the past, police have rarely responded when asked about frequent reports of mistreatment of criminal suspects. (Tap... tap...) Sympathy meter's still busted... Five of the six suspects are members of the al-Kandari family, close or distant relatives of Anas al-Kandari, one of the two attackers who shot at the U.S. Marines while they trained on Failaka, an island off Kuwait's coast. One Marine was killed and one injured before the two attackers were gunned down by other Marines. I hope the intel guys are following the family angle in these terror networks closely. I suspect they are... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 They want sympathy? They can find it...in the dictionary, right between shit and syphilis |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-11-10 09:51:37 |