The First Bench of the Criminal Court Saturday again refused a request by the defence lawyers to release their client, 61-year-old Iraqi citizen, Zuhair Faqira Mohamed Nader. Zuhair is charged with spying for Iraq with three other men — Nadhem Jawad Al-Ali, Mostafa Khalil Ahmed and Shihab Ahmed Mezel (Saudi). In February 2003, the Interior Ministry disclosed in a brief statement a 61-year-old Iraqi had been arrested and charged with spying for Iraq. The statement said the spy was a legal resident in Kuwait since 1980. The Interior Ministry statement said Zuhair worked as an officer in the Iraqi Ministry of Defence and had maintained a relationship and was in contact with the Iraqi intelligence officers at the Iraqi embassy in Bahrain. The statement also said Zuhair had admitted during interrogations at the State Security Department that he had spied on Kuwait and provided the Iraqi officers with military and security information.
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