Qatari Man Designated Enemy Combatant

http://www.news4jax.com ^ | 6-23-03 | AP

[OXENinFLA]

Qatari Man Designated Enemy Combatant

POSTED: 3:16 p.m. EDT June 23, 2003 UPDATED: 3:32 p.m. EDT June 23, 2003

WASHINGTON -- A man from Qatar has been designated as an enemy combatant of the United States -- for allegedly paving the way for al-Qaida operatives to settle in the United States.

Ali Saleh Kahlah Al Marri has been in custody since 2001. The government's move puts him under the control of the Defense Department, without the rights afforded defendants in the civilian criminal justice system.

Al Marri is accused of lying to the FBI, and also of credit card fraud.

He's only the third person designated an enemy combatant since the Sept. 11 attacks. The others are both U.S. citizens -- accused dirty bomb plotter Jose Padilla and Yaser Esam Hamdi, a Louisiana native captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

[OXENinFLA]

Looks like we had him for a while.

[Angelus Errare]

He's big fish:

http://windsofchange.net/archives/003655.html

Hopefully he can rat out Shukrijumah and Rabeei before they strike.

[Coop]

Considering as long as they've had this guy, I'd say any intel he might provide is a little less than fresh.

[Guillermo]

Wonder if he's a Muslim...