Lawyer for 2 freed Guantanamo detainees
says Kuwaiti emir pressed Bush for release
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/29/news/CB_GEN_Guantanamo_Kuwait_Bush.php
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The ruler of Kuwait made a personal
appeal to U.S. President George W. Bush that helped secure
the release this month of two of that country's citizens
from the Guantanamo Bay prison, their attorney said.
Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the emir of the oil-rich
U.S. ally, sought the transfer of six Kuwaiti detainees
to their homeland during a visit to Washington on Sept. 5,
attorney David Cynamon said Thursday in a conference call
with reporters.
The two men released on Sept. 14 — Omar Rajab Amin, 41,
and Abdullah Kamel al-Kundari, 32 — had been held at
Guantanamo for four years. The military said they had ties
to charities with links to terror groups and that their
names had been found on the hard drive of a computer seized
from a suspected al-Qaida member. Cynamon denied they had
such links, and said he expected they would be cleared by
Kuwaiti courts.
Al-Kundari was a former member of Kuwait's national volleyball
team who before his arrest worked as an engineer for the
Ministry of Water and Electricity.
Amin, who attended college in Nebraska, was also accused by
the military of being a terrorist financier who had provided
"large amounts" of money to Osama bin Laden — accusations he denied.
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Terrorists, or suspects suspected of connections to suspects?
Apparently it doesn't matter to Bush when big oil is involved.
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