KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 16 -- The first Kuwaiti released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was taken into custody by authorities after he arrived home Sunday, according to a Kuwaiti who has been lobbying for the release of detainees from this Persian Gulf state.
Nasser al-Mutairi, 26, who was captured in Afghanistan three years ago, was not handcuffed when he disembarked from the government plane. He embraced his brother and was led away by officials.
Al-Mutairi will be "spending the night with the government," said Khaled al-Odah, who works with relatives of detainees to push for their release. It was unclear how long al-Mutairi would be held.
Eleven other Kuwaitis remain in U.S. custody at Guantanamo, where about 550 detainees from more than 40 countries are being held as "enemy combatants." About 200 men have been released.
Also, Saturday, in the Kuwaiti city of Umm Al-Haiman, police and militants fought a gun battle near a U.S. military logistics center, leaving one Saudi gunman dead and two policemen wounded, the Interior Ministry said.
