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Kuwaitis Say They Confessed Under Duress
Two Kuwaiti Muslim extremists, accused of providing weapons to a man who allegedly killed an American contractor and wounded another in January, told a court Wednesday they confessed under duress. "Lies, all lies!" "I swear I was tending to my sheep. ... I don't know anything about the case of the Americans," Khalifa al-Daihani said. "State Security hanged me (by my arms) and I have a hernia. I confessed and told them they can write whatever they want." "Ask my sheep, Betty. She's the one with the pretty eyes." The other defendant, Badi al-Ajmi, told the court: "They threatened my honor and my wife. Had they threatened me with bodily harm, I wouldn't have confessed." "Had they threatened my wife with bodily harm, I wouldn't have confessed. But my honor is important!" Sami al-Mutairi, the civil servant accused of shooting the Americans with a Kalashnikov rifle in an ambush on a road leading to Camp Doha, was silent in Wednesday's hearing. He denied the counts of murder and attempted murder when the trial opened March 12. Attorneys asked the court to dismiss their clients' confessions because they were given under duress. The lawyers also said the arrests were illegal because authorities did not have proper permits from the prosecution. "Permits? permits? We don't need no steeeking permits!" Posted by: Steve 2003-04-02 |
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