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Article: Qatar Man Named al-Qaida Enemy Combatant
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- June 24, 2003
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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 ...