The Court of Cassation Tuesday set March 15, 2005 to issue a verdict in the petition filed by the Public Prosecution against four Islamists - Mohsen Fadel Ayed Al-Fadhli, Maqboul Fahad Fahhad Al-Maqboul, Mohamed Jomaan Safaq Al-Mutairi and Adel Yousef Ibrahim Bu Haimed - in the so-called 'al-Qaeda organization' case. The men are charged with working for a foreign country, Afghanistan, in a manner which could harm the political position of the state of Kuwait. Only one of the four men, Bu Haimed, attended the session. However lawyer for Fadhli, Mutairi and Bu Haimed, attorney Fahhad Nasser Al-Ajmi, said the Kuwaiti judiciary has nothing to do with this case because no crime had been committed inside Kuwait.On Feb 3, 2003, the Criminal Court found the four men guilty for joining the military forces of a foreign country and sentenced them to five years in jail. Al-Mutairi was fined KD 50 for leaving the country illegally from an unofficial border point. On Dec 2, 2003, the Court of Appeals ordered to return the case file to the Public Prosecution to complete investigations. On Jan 2, 2004, the prosecution returned the case file to the court again. On April 28, 2004, the four men were acquitted by the Appeals Court after the court decided the Kuwaiti judiciary has no right to look into the case. The court has also ordered to lift the travel ban which had been slapped against the four men. The lawyer pointed out the prosecution warrant for search and arrest was illegal because the investigations conducted by the State Security officer were not serious. He added the case papers did not contain any evidence showing the officer had conducted investigations on the suspects before their arrest.