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Kuwaiti court clears former Guantanamo detainee
 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 The case against Al Mutairi was withdrawn fully from US investigations, he said.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 2005-07-01 |
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