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Kuwaiti volunteer lawyers join Mubarak defence ahead of continuing trial A group of Kuwaiti lawyers say they are joining the defence team of ousted president Mubarak as thanks for his actions during the 1991 war between Iraq and Kuwait
A delegation of Kuwaiti lawyers announced last week that it would join the defence team of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, starting Monday, 5 September. The head of the delegation, Faisal Al-Eteibi, stated that he expected the special court admission procedures for five of the lawyers to be finished within hours. Al-Eteiby said that the numbers of lawyers that will participate in the trial has been reduced to five due to the “ado” in the media on the issue. The move of the Kuwaiti lawyers has stirred controversy. Claims have been made that the lawyers only seek fame from the trial. It has also been case as an attempt to prompt public sympathy for Mubarak. Both claims were denied by Al-Eteiby, who said the lawyers volunteered as “payback for Mubarak's favors in liberating Kuwait”, referring to the 1991 Gulf War and the role Egypt played in supporting the US-led expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait.