Kuwait's criminal court Saturday sentenced two Kuwaitis to five years in prison and a third to four years for their links to the killing of an American marine in October 2002.
The court acquitted five others, fined one 6,667 dollars and another 16,667 dollars, placed a minor under probation and refrained from issuing sentence on one defendant.
The 12 were arrested in late 2002 and charged with conspiracy to kill Americans following the attack on Failaka Island, where US troops were conducting war games.
One marine was killed and another wounded and the two assailants were also killed in the shooting.
The two men sentenced to five years, Suleiman al-Kandari and Ahmad Assad al-Kandari, were convicted only of joining a banned organisation (al Qaeda) and the possession of arms and ammunition without a licence.
Ahmad Mohammed al-Kandari was convicted of joining a banned group and sentenced to four years in jail.
The two who were fined, Ahmed Jamal al-Kandari and Ghazi al-Tarrah, were convicted of possessing arms without a licence.
Ibrahim Hussein al-Kandari was placed on two-year probation for being a minor.
The verdict is not final and will be appealed, according to lawyer Abdulmajeed Khuraibet, who represented three of the defendants.
All 12 denied in court any connection to the two assailants who attacked US troops or being members of al Qaeda. The men had been freed on bail by the court during the hearings.
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