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Article: Qatari Man Designated An Enemy Combatant
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 24, 2003
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A Qatari man described by federal prosecutors as an al Qaeda
"sleeper operative" was designated an enemy combatant by President
Bush yesterday, as the government dropped criminal charges against
him and turned him over to the U.S. military.
Ali S. Marri, who arrived in the United States the day before the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was trained in computer hacking and the use
of poisons, according to new information the United States has
obtained from former al Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheik Mohammed
and another captured al Qaeda operative, prosecutors said. He was
sent to the United States to help settle al Qaeda members arriving
for follow-up attacks, the captives reportedly have told ...