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The Sixth Bench of the Criminal Court Wednesday held its first session to look into a State Security Case No. 3/2005 filed against Kuwaiti Nasser Najar Al-Mutairi, who was arrested by the US forces in Afghanistan and detained at the US camp in Guantanamo, Cuba, over three years ago. He was subsequently released in January 2005. During the session Mutairi denied all the charges against him and attorney Mubarak Al-Shimmari, who is defending Mutairi, requested the court to release his client on any guarantee. He told the court the United States authorities released the man because there no longer sensed danger from his release.Mutairi returned to Kuwait aboard a private aircraft according to an agreement signed between the US and Kuwaiti governments. On arrival at the Kuwait International Airport he was whisked away by the State Security police to know why he went to Afghanistan and the circumstances which led to his arrest by the US forces during the war on Taleban government. Mutairi, who is still in the custody of the State Security police, is charged with joining an illegal terrorist organization and fighting the forces of a foreign country which could damage Kuwait's political status. He is also charged with joining the armed forces of a foreign country and carrying hostile actions against another country thus jeopardizing Kuwait's relations with a friendly nation. Mutairi is also charged training on arms and ammunition with the aim of carrying out illegal activities, in addition to agreeing with another person — who was killed during military operations in Afghanistan — to do hostile actions against a foreign country.
During initial interrogations, Mutairi admitted to meeting the second accused in the case — whose charges were dropped after his death — in a bookshop in Kuwait in October 2000. The second accused is said to have showed Al-Mutairi a book urging youth to fight a holy war in Afghanistan. He also showed him a plan how to get to Afghanistan where he fought alongside al-Qaeda terrorists and Taleban forces until he was injured and taken to a hospital. Later he was arrested by the US forces and taken to a US base in Guantanamo where he remained for three years.