The Kuwait Court of Appeals Wednesday adjourned to June 10, 2003, to look into the appeal of four men, convicted for threatening national security - Mohsen Al-Fadli, Maqboul Fahad Fahhad Al-Maqboul, Mohamed Jomaan Safaq Al-Mutairi and Adel Yousef Ibraheem Bu Hameed - and to hear the testimony of the arresting officer.
At the beginning of the session, lawyers for the convicts requested the court to release three men on any guarantee, but their request was turned down. The four men have been convicted of planning to inflict damage on Kuwaitâs political status. They are also accused of joining the armed forces of a third country to engage in combat operation against another country. Al-Fadhli and Al-Maqboul are convicted of receiving training in the use of arms and ammunition for illegal purposes. Al-Fadhli and Bu Hameed have also been convicted of agreeing to do harm to a foreign country without legal permission. Al-Mutairi was convicted of distributing publications harmful to national interests. On Feb 3, 2003, the Criminal Court found the men guilty and sentenced them to five years in prison. However the court had acquitted the men of distributing publications without permission.
"You can't prove we went to Afghanistan! All the witnesses are dead!"
"You can't prove I ain't givin' you five years in jug, either!"
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Cialis, the almond-shaped yellow-colored pill to treat erectile dysfunction, is to be formally launched in the Kingdom today following approval by the Ministry of Health. Saudi Arabia is the first country in the region to permit marketing of Cialis, which is said to be effective in the treatment of mild to severe cases of erectile dysfunction. According to a group of medical experts, 50 percent of men over 45 years of age in the Kingdom are believed to suffer from sexual dysfunction or weaknesses. Explains a lot, doesn't it?
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05/07/2003 01:13 pm ||
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Well, when you're trying to boff your third wife via arranged marriage who's your half sister, who's also your second cousin....
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Give 'em Juche and that will get their yardarms rigged right......
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Think the inbreeding thing might cause some guilt pangs leading to other ummmmmmmmm problems?.....NAH, me neither.
Maybe WHITE SLAG might be good for what ails them.
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tu3031 has mentioned a prevalent problem in Saudi Arabia that needs more exposure; the tribal customs of intermarriage have produced a great many congenital defects directly attributable to genetic flaws being enhanced from inbreeding.
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I think the 50% figure is the general worldwide estimate. The words "or weakness" allows a lot more people to be included than the word "dysfunction". The general estimate is based on people marketing viagra substitutes.
Saudi police said on Wednesday they were hunting for 19 suspected militants, mainly Saudis, believed to be hiding in the capital Riyadh after a shoot-out with security forces late on Tuesday. The Interior Ministry said in a statement read out on Saudi state television that police had also found a huge cache of explosives, hand grenades, ammunition and machineguns after storming what they said was the "terrorists' lair." I've always wanted a "lair".
It named 17 of the men as Saudi citizens, one Iraqi with Canadian and Kuwaiti passports, and a Yemeni. Many of the Saudis appeared to be from the same family. It's the inbreeding.
The television gave a telephone hotline to report any information that would lead to the men's capture. Saudi television showed large metal containers of what appeared to be explosive material as well as handbags stuffed with grenades. It also displayed passports and identity cards as well as a bag full of disguises, including colorful wigs. Wearing a blonde wig will help you blend into the crowd, not!
The statement said the men were linked to a March explosion in the capital in which a Saudi man was killed. Police later said the victim had received explosives training in Afghanistan, where al Qaeda was based. Busy place, those Afghan training camps.
Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally (?) and the birthplace of Islam, has witnessed a spate of attacks against Westerners. Last week, a gunman, believed to be a Saudi in naval uniform, shot and wounded a U.S. civilian working at a naval base in the kingdom. "Do it somewhere else" seems to be the Saudi policy.
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you would think, following the Reuter's stylebook, they would've said: ... a key U.S. "ally"
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No, Reuter's only puts those quote marks around things they don't believe.
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...but remember, boys. If you use those colorful wigs? Get rid of the beards and the moustaches. That's a dead giveaway.
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This has become the topic of the office discussion today. Can you say a faction of "freedom fighters", a lair of "terrorists", a gander of geese, a rant of Reuters?
Ah maybe we should just get back to work.
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A truckfull of Turkmens?
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