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Article: US designates Qatar man as enemy combatant
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 23, 2003
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US designates Qatar man as enemy combatant
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The United States designated
Monday a Qatar man as an enemy combatant, putting him under the
Pentagon control and depriving him of the rights afforded defendants
in the civilian US criminal justice system.
Ali Saleh Kahlah Al Marri, 37, has been in US custody since 2001,
first as a material witness and later on charges of lying to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and credit card fraud.
Al Marri, who allegedly have been ...