AP: Kuwait court overturns Gitmo conviction

[Eugene]

Tuesday, December 5, 2006 · Last updated 3:30 a.m. PT

Kuwait court overturns Gitmo conviction

By DIANA ELIAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait's highest court of appeal overturned the conviction
of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner on Tuesday, acquitting him of terror-
related charges, his lawyer said.

Nasser al-Mutairi, 28, a Muslim fundamentalist, was captured by American
forces in Afghanistan in 2001 during the "war on terror" campaign that
followed the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. He returned Kuwait
last year after almost three years in the U.S. military prison in Cuba.

He was put on trial soon after his return and sentenced to five years in
prison for joining a foreign military force without permission, harming
Kuwait by serving the interest of a "foreign country," and undergoing
illegal weapons training.

A criminal court aquitted him in June, but months later an appeals court
ruled that he was guilty and sentenced him to five years in jail. Tuesday's
decision by the Court of Cassation is final.

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Full article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Kuwait_Guanatnamo_Trial.html

[leesa]

1. Another one thrown out...add it to the war crimes list