| All except one of the accused, in the so called 'Jihadists in Iraq' case denied charges against them in the Criminal Court Sunday. One man identified only as Z.N. admitted to possessing an unlicensed pistol. This came when the court, presided by Judge Adel Al-Huwaidi, looked into 'Jihadists in Iraq' case filed against 22 Islamists. During the session, two of the suspects - M. Al-Mutairi and A. Al-Shimmari - were brought from the Central Prison, while four other suspects, identified as M.L. Al-Mutairi, F.A. Al-Mutairi, D.A. Al-Zahamil and Z.N. Al-Enezi attended the session with their lawyers. Attorney Osama Al-Munawer, lawyer for ten suspects, requested the court to release the two men who are in detention saying they are Kuwaitis and there is no chance of them escaping from the country because a travel ban has been imposed on them. However, the court did not respond to this request and adjourned the hearing to Dec 12, 2004 to give chance for the defence lawyers to prepare their argument.Some of the accused are charged with helping Kuwaiti youths to travel to Iraq to join the Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi forces to fight a holy war against the US forces while others are charged with collecting money to fund jihad activities against the US forces in Iraq. Yet, some others are charged with possessing unlicensed arms and ammunition. |