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Kuwait Imposes Death Sentences on Convicted Spies

   VOA News  March 29, 2011

   Kuwait  has  sentenced  three people to death on charges of spying for
   Iran.  The  sentences  were  imposed  on Tuesday in a Kuwaiti criminal
   court.
   The  French  News  Agency  (AFP) quotes a judicial source who says the
   accused spies are two Iranians and a Kuwait national.
   Word  of  the  alleged  spy ring first surfaced last May. News reports
   said  Kuwaiti security forces had arrested at least seven people after
   dismantling  a spy cell that collected information on Kuwaiti and U.S.
   targets for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards.
   The  incident  had  strained  relations between Kuwait and Iran, which
   denied the allegations.
   Criminal  court  verdicts  in  Kuwait  can be appealed to the nation's
   supreme court.

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