The Kuwaiti government is on one side and these men are on another. They want to wage jihad against the Americans, and the government has stopped them. When Islamic spokesmen and apologists in the West say that the U.S. is aligned with authoritarian governments in the Islamic world, governments that deny the will of the people, this is the kind of expression of the popular will that they most likely have in mind.
“Two get 5-year jail for sending youths to Afghan jihad,” by Moamen Al-Masri for Arab Times, June 17 :
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….