Kuwait, Asharq Al-Awsat- A Kuwaiti court sentences to death six militants, members of the “Peninsula Lions” group, affiliated with al Qaeda on Tuesday. The six were amongst 37 Islamists on trial. They include 25 Kuwaitis, seven stateless Arabs, two Jordanians, a Saudi, an Australian and a Somali. Prosecutors had demanded the death penalty for some 20 suspects for their role in four shootouts in January in which eight Islamists and four security personnel were killed. The unprecedented incidents shook the normally tranquil emirate. Other suspects received jail terms between four months to 15 years and one received a life term....
