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Guantanamo ex-inmate arrives in Kuwait
[Al Arabiya Latest] A Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly eight years arrived in his country early Friday after a U.S. judge cleared him of terror charges, Kuwait News Agency reported.
"Imam!" Khaled al-Mutairi, 34, was sent to the U.S. naval base in southern Cuba after being arrested in Pakistan in 2001. He was picked up after traveling to Afghanistan with a charitable organization to build mosques and provide funds for schools and orphanages. Really. He wuz pure as the driven snow. He was an accredited representative of the Widows' and Orphans' Ammunition Fund and the founder of the Mahfooz School for Unwed Turbans. "Khaled al-Mutairi has been released at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon," Kuwait Ambassador in Washington Sheikh Salem Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah told KUNA. Mutairi "was transferred from Guantanamo to Kuwait in a private airplane and he is in good health condition and shall arrive (in Kuwait) tomorrow afternoon," Sheikh Salemsaid. With the release of Mutairi, three Kuwaiti nationals are still detained in the United States: Fuad al-Rebee'a, Fayez al-Kandari and Fawzi Aa-Odah. The Kuwaiti government had recently completed a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center to provide detainees with access to education, medical care, group discussions and physical exercise to help them recover from their long ordeal in Guantanamo, KUNA reported. Posted by: Fred 2009-10-10 |
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