Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05KUWAIT4681
2005-11-02 12:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 004681
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI; LONDON FOR TSOU
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED
AS KUWAIT PREPARES TO RECEIVE FIVE MORE
REF: A. KUWAIT 02928
B. KUWAIT 1501
UNCLAS KUWAIT 004681
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI; LONDON FOR TSOU
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED
AS KUWAIT PREPARES TO RECEIVE FIVE MORE
REF: A. KUWAIT 02928
B. KUWAIT 1501
1. Local press reports that former Guantanamo detainee
Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has
been sentenced to five years in prison. The MFA office which
tracks returning detainees confirmed that Nasser Al-Mutairi
was sentenced to five years in prison, adding the sentence
was "five years hard labor." Al-Mutairi was transferred to
Kuwaiti custody January 15, 2005, released on bail April 13,
acquitted June 29 of charges of working for the interests of
a foreign country and those serving it, not obtaining
permission to join foreign military forces opposed to another
country, and undergoing illegal weapons training. According
to the English daily Arab Times, Al-Mutairi is now in the
custody of Kuwaiti State Security.
2. Reports add that five Guantanamo detainees, Abdul Aziz
Al-Shimmari, Mohammad Al-Dihani, Sa'ad Al-Azmi, Adel
Al-Zamel, and Abdullah Al-Ajmi, are being released and
returned to Kuwait during the Eid holidays, sometime between
November 3 and November 7.
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Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access this site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
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LEBARON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND S/WCI; LONDON FOR TSOU
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED
AS KUWAIT PREPARES TO RECEIVE FIVE MORE
REF: A. KUWAIT 02928
B. KUWAIT 1501
1. Local press reports that former Guantanamo detainee
Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has
been sentenced to five years in prison. The MFA office which
tracks returning detainees confirmed that Nasser Al-Mutairi
was sentenced to five years in prison, adding the sentence
was "five years hard labor." Al-Mutairi was transferred to
Kuwaiti custody January 15, 2005, released on bail April 13,
acquitted June 29 of charges of working for the interests of
a foreign country and those serving it, not obtaining
permission to join foreign military forces opposed to another
country, and undergoing illegal weapons training. According
to the English daily Arab Times, Al-Mutairi is now in the
custody of Kuwaiti State Security.
2. Reports add that five Guantanamo detainees, Abdul Aziz
Al-Shimmari, Mohammad Al-Dihani, Sa'ad Al-Azmi, Adel
Al-Zamel, and Abdullah Al-Ajmi, are being released and
returned to Kuwait during the Eid holidays, sometime between
November 3 and November 7.
*********************************************
Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access this site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
*********************************************
LEBARON