Article: Bush designates Qatari man as al-Qaida enemy combatant

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Dateline: WASHINGTON A man from Qatar alleged to have been paving the way for al-Qaida operatives to settle in the United States was designated Monday as an enemy combatant by the Bush administration, government officials said.

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 37, has been in custody since 2001, first as a material witness and later on charges of lying to the FBI and on a charge of credit card fraud. This new designation puts him under the control of the Defense Department, without the rights afforded defendants in the civilian U.S. criminal justice system.

Al Marri is the third person designated an enemy combatant since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the only ...

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