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Kuwaiti court clears former Guantanamo detainee
2005-07-01
A former Guantanamo Bay inmate was acquitted of all terror-related charges in a Kuwaiti court on Wednesday. Nasser Al Mutairi, 27, spent nearly three years at the US detention camp in Cuba and was released in January, only to face trial at home. Al Mutairi was on trial for joining foreign military forces without permission, harming Kuwait by serving the interests of a "foreign country" and undergoing illegal weapons training. He was acquitted of all three charges in a Kuwaiti court yesterday. The charges do not mention terrorism or name any particular country or force.

"The lawyer always told me I am innocent, and I expected to be acquitted," said Al Mutairi, who had been out on bail. Al Mutairi's lawyer had previously argued that Kuwait lacked jurisdiction to try the Kuwaiti national. "He was acquitted because nothing could be proven against him," attorney Mubarak Al Shimmiri said yesterday. The case against Al Mutairi was withdrawn fully from US investigations, he said.
Posted by:Fred

#2  The Kuwaiti national had pleaded innocent when his trial opened in April, claiming he went to Afghanistan for charity work in 2000, before the US-led war on terror began in that country.

Ah, yes. The "charity" work.

Posted by: tu3031   2005-07-01 14:53  

#1  Has per our previous correspondence on this matter, Mr. Parker wishes you to cease the use of our Chance Deck Get Out of Jail Free Card. You are aiding and abetting the counterfeting therefore and all the above. We are getting complaints from all over the NE from Police Chiefs who are suddenly confronted with SW Asians with multipule GOOJFCs, we belive this site is partialy or wholly responsible for this insidiosity.

Yous in the law.
Milton
Posted by: Milton Bradley   2005-07-01 10:19  

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