US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT4681

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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