Article: Qatar Man Named al-Qaida Enemy Combatant

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Dateline: WASHINGTON President Bush designated a Qatari man in U.S. custody as an enemy combatant Monday for an alleged role in helping al-Qaida operatives settle in the United States so they could mount new terror attacks.

The designation means that Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 37, could eventually be tried by a military tribunal without most of the legal rights afforded defendants in the U.S. criminal justice system, such as representation by an attorney.

Al-Marri, who lived in Peoria, Ill., has been in U.S. custody since December 2001, held first as a material witness and later charged with lying to the FBI and credit card fraud. Pentagon officials said al-Marri was ...

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