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Kuwait Frees 12 Suspects in U.S. Marine Plot
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
By Ashraf Fouad
Reuters

Wagayan said the charges against the six still being held included "knowledge of the crime before it occurred, criminal intent, joining a banned and illegal organization bent on violating the law."

KUWAIT -- Reuters
Kuwait prosecutors have released on bail 12 suspects arrested after two Kuwaitis killed a U.S. marine and wounded another this month, defense lawyers said on Wednesday.

They said the 12 were released on bail of between 100 and 500 Kuwaiti dinars ($330-$1,650).

Najeeb al-Wagayan, head of the defense team, told Reuters six Kuwaitis were still under arrest, including five men from the al-Kandari clan aged between 17 and 24. Two are brothers.

Kuwait authorities said Anas al-Kandari and Jassem al-Hajri were killed in the October 8 attack on the marines which it called a "terrorist" act. It said the two had been trained in al Qaeda-run camps in Afghanistan.
(More: The Macon Telegraph News Source)
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