Sunni and Shiite deputies of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Kuwait yesterday were engaged in a fist fight clean when discussing the fate of four Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay. One of the MPs had to be treated in the clinic of the Assembly for a cut eye, reported the online edition of the newspaper Al Rai.
The melee began when a pro-government Shiite deputy, Hussein al Qalaf said that the four Kuwaiti prisoners in the military criminal belonged to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. Sunni deputies in the opposition, attacked Al Qalaf and, when several rows of this fellow came to defend, the fight broke out.
The battle of yesterday further underscores the sectarian division of the Kuwaiti Parliament, which has seen tensions flare up between the two sides after Kuwait Bahrain naval forces sent to quell the Shiite revolt erupted in the neighboring kingdom. The fighting, the Parliament Speaker to Yarafi Yasem described as "unfortunate", was witnessed by a delegation of U.S.
lawyers who had attended the meeting to prepare the defense of prisoners still in Guantanamo detention camp. 
The melee began when a pro-government Shiite deputy, Hussein al Qalaf said that the four Kuwaiti prisoners in the military criminal belonged to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. Sunni deputies in the opposition, attacked Al Qalaf and, when several rows of this fellow came to defend, the fight broke out.
The battle of yesterday further underscores the sectarian division of the Kuwaiti Parliament, which has seen tensions flare up between the two sides after Kuwait Bahrain naval forces sent to quell the Shiite revolt erupted in the neighboring kingdom. The fighting, the Parliament Speaker to Yarafi Yasem described as "unfortunate", was witnessed by a delegation of U.S.
lawyers who had attended the meeting to prepare the defense of prisoners still in Guantanamo detention camp.
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