Kuwaiti Court Acquits 2 Ex-Gitmo Inmates

[dogday]

KUWAIT CITY -- A criminal court on Saturday acquitted two former Guantanamo Bay prisoners of joining al-Qaida or the Taliban.

Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel al-Kundari denied any terror connections at the start of their trial. Their lawyers argued there was no evidence against them and the case was "political." Defense attorneys said the accused were in Afghanistan for charity work -- not to fight.

Details of the ruling, which was announced by a court clerk, were not immediately available. The two men were not in court Saturday, but one of their lawyers, Thikra al-Majdali, said she expected them to be released from custody by tomorrow.

The prosecution can appeal the ruling, but it was not clear Saturday if it would do so.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-kuwait-guantanamo-trial,0,5949407.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines


Surprise, Surprise-----NOT

[dogday]

1. These innocent men spent 5 Years in Gitmo

without any due process.... This is so wrong.....

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"We call on the United States to either give our four sons a fair trial in America or any other place in the world, or to hand them to Kuwait so that they can be ... given their legal right to defend themselves," said Khaled al-Odah, who heads a private group that lobbies for the release of the Kuwaiti prisoners -- including his son -- from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

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[madokie]

2. and this bush* crew is getting away with it

and that pisses me off to no end. shitting on the service of all the men and women who've ever worn a uniform and not a damn one of them were man or woman enough to take their place when they shoulda'/coulda'. I, like so many others didn't like the idea at the time either but we done what had to be done and done it with our heads held high. I just hope we, for the sake of all involved, see justice when its all said and done.