Sunday, February 27, 2011

Can't Touch Kuwait

Even when they torture:

"Va. teen held in Kuwait to return, lawyer says" by Associated Press / January 19, 2011

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia teenager who says he was beaten and tortured while detained in Kuwait and has been stuck there for nearly a month because of his apparent placement on a no-fly list should return to the United States by tomorrow, a government lawyer said.

Gulet Mohamed, 19, sued the government yesterday in US District Court in Alexandria, and within hours a judge had scheduled an emergency hearing on Mohamed’s request for an order forcing the government to permit his return....

I wonder who his family knew.

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"Va. man held in Kuwait returns to US" by Associated Press / January 22, 2011

CHANTILLY, Va. — A Virginia teenager who asserts he was beaten and tortured while stuck in Kuwait for a month after apparently being placed on the US government’s no-fly list was reunited with his family near Washington yesterday.

Gulet Mohamed of Alexandria, 19, said he was blindfolded, beaten, and whipped while detained in Kuwait. He and his lawyers said the detention was at the behest of US authorities, who questioned him about travel in 2009 to Yemen and Somalia....

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I have also noticed Kuwait remains untouched by protests -- according to my Boston Globe anyway.