The meeting of the Kuwait National Assembly (parliament) ended a clean fist fight between Sunni and Shiite deputies disagreed on four Kuwaiti prisoners held at Guantanamo. The digital edition of the Kuwaiti newspaper "Al Rai reported that a verbal discussion between members of rival groups led to a fight in which MPs exchanged blows and punches.
One of the MPs who took part in the incident, Adnan al Mutaua, had to be treated in the clinic of the National Assembly by a cut under his eye, added Al Rai. The dispute began when a Shiite MP said four Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay belong to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. After making these statements, two deputies and four Sunni Shiites involved in a melee which saw the rest of parliament and a delegation of U.S.
lawyers who came to prepare the defense of prisoners at Guantanamo. When the fighting ended, the president of the National Assembly to Yarafi Yasem, who also participated in the dispute, apologized and described the act as "unfortunate." "Al Rai" also cites statements by Mr Amal-Rodan Rodan, which claimed the emir of Kuwait, Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah, to suspend the Assembly for a month: "What has happened is shameful and harmful to Kuwaiti people, "he said.
On the other hand, the Kuwaiti official news agency, Kuna, reported that Prime Minister Naser al Ahmed al Sabah, expressed "sadness" over the incident and was confident that Al Yarafi know "to restore harmony among the members ". 
One of the MPs who took part in the incident, Adnan al Mutaua, had to be treated in the clinic of the National Assembly by a cut under his eye, added Al Rai. The dispute began when a Shiite MP said four Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay belong to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. After making these statements, two deputies and four Sunni Shiites involved in a melee which saw the rest of parliament and a delegation of U.S.
lawyers who came to prepare the defense of prisoners at Guantanamo. When the fighting ended, the president of the National Assembly to Yarafi Yasem, who also participated in the dispute, apologized and described the act as "unfortunate." "Al Rai" also cites statements by Mr Amal-Rodan Rodan, which claimed the emir of Kuwait, Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah, to suspend the Assembly for a month: "What has happened is shameful and harmful to Kuwaiti people, "he said.
On the other hand, the Kuwaiti official news agency, Kuna, reported that Prime Minister Naser al Ahmed al Sabah, expressed "sadness" over the incident and was confident that Al Yarafi know "to restore harmony among the members ".
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