KUWAIT CITY: The Criminal Court Wednesday found two Kuwaiti men guilty of recruiting youths to go to Afghanistan to fight the US forces in Kabul and sentenced them to five years in jail.
Case papers indicate the arresting officer’s investigations revealed the main accused, identified only as Abdullah E., worked for the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and met the second accused, Mohammed A., inside a mosque in the suburb of Dhahr.
According to the arresting officer, the men are members of groups who consider the governments and rulers infidel.
Case papers also indicate on Jan 30, 2008, Mohammed arranged Abdullah’s travel to Pakistan via Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai and Iran. He provided Abdullah with the money he needed for the trip.
When Abdullah reached the province of Waziristan, he joined a training camp and stayed there for 20 days. During that period he received training on the use arms and ammunition. However, he failed the test and was caught consuming drugs.
Abdullah was forced to return to an area bordering Iran where he met an unidentified person from another Muslim group. When the person discovered Abdullah was a drug addict, he shot him in the foot to force him to return to Kuwait. Upon arrival at the Kuwait International Airport on Jan 25, 2009, he was arrested and whisked away for interrogation.
The session was presided by Judge Emad Al Mandeel.

By Moamen Al-Masri
Special to the Arab Times