SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 SHAWWAL 13, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Indian schools Uproar in UK over Indian train runs Juventus crush in Kuwait Snowden-linked into pilgrims, Lazio 4-0 to win may hike3 fees detention10 killing11 37 Italian20 Super Cup Mubarak may be freed; Max 48º Min 31º 24 police killed in Sinai High Tide 10:31 Tension mounts as Morsi detention extended Low Tide 04:42 & 17:53 40 PAGES NO: 15903 150 FILS CAIRO: Egypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak could conspiracy theories soon be freed from jail, giving a new jolt to a nation in turmoil, after a court ruled yesterday that he could no longer be held in custody on a corruption charge. His A beautiful tool lawyer said he could be released within days, six weeks after the armed forces Mubarak once commanded deposed his elected Islamist successor to spark the bloodiest internal conflict in the modern history of the most populous Arab state. The army detained President Mohammed Morsi on July 3 after huge protests against him. It has since By Badrya Darwish cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood. Among hun- dreds of casualties, dozens of security personnel have died, including 24 policemen killed by suspected Islamists near the border with Israel yesterday. At 85, Mubarak may have no political future but his [email protected] release could stir emotions and raise new questions on whether the popular uprising that ended his 30-year rule in February 2011 is leading back simply to a new owadays life is like nothing we have ever form of military-backed government. Arrested two imagined it could be. Things have changed years ago as talk of democracy swept the Arab world, Ndrastically in every country thanks to technol- the former strongman appeared in a courtroom cage at ogy. Technology and the way we spread information a trial in which he was convicted of complicity in the has become like a juggernaut. No country can con- murder of protesters. In January, Egypt’s highest court trol and hide information for long any more. No dicta- ordered a retrial. tor can muzzle people. No police can trash secrets After yesterday’s court ruling, the only legal grounds easily. I am talking about the changes that happen in for Mubarak’s continued detention rest on another cor- the East, the West, in the North and the South, on the LONDON: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in the UK yesterday ruption case which his lawyer, Fareed Al-Deeb, said sky or underground. It is a global phenomenon. on a private visit accompanied by Deputy Chief of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al- would be settled swiftly. “All we have left is a simple Look how many whistleblowers have come to the Jaber Al-Sabah. Sheikh Sabah was greeted upon arrival by former Speaker of the National Assembly administrative procedure that should take no more limelight lately giving out secrets of the most power- Jassem Mohammad Al-Khorafi, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thekra Al-Rashidi, Kuwait than 48 hours. He should be freed by the end of the ful organizations in today’s history. Let’s take the Ambassador to the UK Khaled Al-Duwaisan and other officials. — KUNA (See Page 2) week,” Deeb told Reuters. example of Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. How many Continued on Page 13 secrets and scandals were revealed with the help of WikiLeaks? How many whistleblowers made the headlines such as anti-war activist Susan Lindauer or Arabs to cover cuts John Perkins, the writer of the book ‘Confessions of an Economic Hit Man’, who revealed many secret deals the US had with countries around the developing world. in Egypt aid: Saudi How about Bradley Manning, the US soldier who provided WikiLeaks with all the secrets of the deals allegedly his country has done in Afghanistan and Iraq. Of course, you have heard of Edward Snowden, EU to review ties with Cairo the American operative who revealed NSA classified information and was trapped at the airport in Russia JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday that Arab and peace treaty with Israel or compromise US privileges subsequently causing strains in US-Russia diplomatic Islamic countries will step in to help Egypt if Western concerning the Suez Canal. relations. nations cut aid packages to Cairo over its deadly crack- Foreign ministers of the European Union are to hold I am not shocked by any news about the past any down on Islamist protesters. “To those who have emergency talks tomorrow to review the bloc’s rela- more. It has been pouring over us. The latest came in announced they are cutting their aid to Egypt, or tions with Cairo. At stake is nearly five billion euros yesterday. A report linked the CIA to the coup in Iran threatening to do that, (we say that) Arab and Muslim ($6.7 billion) in loans and grants promised by the in the 1970s. To me, the most interesting piece of nations are rich... and will not hesitate to help Egypt,” world’s top aid donor to Egypt for 2012-2013. It news to revisit, however, was the digging of the “mur- Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said in a state- includes one billion euros from the EU with the rest der” or the “accident” or the “assassination” of Princess ment carried by the kingdom’s SPA state news agency. from European banks the EIB and EBRD. Diana who died in a car crash in France in 1997. All Prince Saud was speaking upon his return from While Egypt’s Western allies have denounced the conspiracy theories surrounded her death. The new France, where he held talks with President Francois army’s crackdown on the Brotherhood, Riyadh has evidence that resurfaced from an ex-military called Hollande who has strongly condemned the violence in instead said the country is tackling terrorism and sedi- Egypt. Hundreds of people have been killed in the tion. “We see international stances that have taken a soldier N added more to speculations. A letter that North African country since security forces began a strange course... as if the aim is to cover up for the was circulated in the media claimed that SAS was clampdown on Muslim Brotherhood protests last week. crimes, the burning of Egypt and the killing of its peo- behind the murder of the charming princess. US Senator John McCain called on Washington to ple,” he said. Barack Obama last week cancelled annual Bless her soul, in her lifetime Diana was surround- suspend its $1.3 billion in annual aid to Egypt’s military military exercises with Egypt, while European Union ed by a lot of controversies. So has been her death. after it overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi foreign ministers were due to hold an emergency Nothing surprises us anymore.You can’t trust the CAIRO: An Egyptian soldier is seen manning an on July 3. But some US lawmakers have expressed con- meeting news anymore. In five or 10 years, someone might armored personnel carrier (APC) outside the Egyptian cern that cutting off aid could endanger Egypt’s 1979 Continued on Page 13 come out and tell us that it was all a conspiracy. Is this Constitutional Court in Cairo yesterday. —AFP due to the technology advancement that we have PAGE today? Does it make people more open and coura- Senior MoI official in geous and help them come out and share? It is a fatal Some of hardest Gitmo tool. It could be used for good and bad. Still it is a hospital after car chase cases to get new look beautiful tool. 600-kilo Saudi forklifted to hospital Boko Haram chief shot, RIYADH: A Saudi man weighing may have died: Army 610 kilograms (1,344 pounds) was forklifted to hospital yester- KANO, Nigeria: Nigeria’s army said yester- day for medical treatment at the day that the leader of Islamist extremist expense of the monarch to group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may reduce his weight. Khaled have died following a gunshot wound Mohsin Shairi was flown from from a clash with soldiers. Intelligence his southwestern hometown of reports “available to the (military) revealed Jizan to Riyadh on a specially- that Abubakar Shekau, the most dreaded equipped plane ,SPA state news and wanted Boko Haram terrorists leader, agency reported. It posted a may have died,” a statement said. “It is picture of overweight Shairi greatly believed that Shekau might have being lifted on a forklift out of died between 25 July to 3 August 2013.” the plane on arrival in the capi- According to the statement, Shekau, tal. declared a “global terrorist” by the US gov- Acting on orders of King ernment, was shot on June 30 during a Abdullah, the health ministry clash with troops at a Boko Haram camp in had to acquire a specially-made the Sambisa forest in northeastern Nigeria. bed and a crane to transfer It said he was then clandestinely taken Shairi from his second-floor over the border into Cameroon for treat- apartment, SPA said. The bed ment. The army statement was contradic- was specially made for Shairi in tory, first saying that Shekau “may have the United States, Sabq news died” while at other points implying that website said. The ministry did he was indeed dead. It said he had been not specify the nature of treat- taken into the border community of ment that the young man will Abubakar Shekau, the suspected leader of Boko Amitchide in Cameroon and implied RIYADH: Saudi Khaled Mohsen Shairi, who suffers from extreme obesity weighing 610 undergo and his age has not Haram.