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Ali Saleh Kahlah Marri admits helping 9/11 architects

May. 1, 2009
His plea agreement is seen is disposing of a legally thorny case that was once bound for the Supreme Court. As an 'enemy combatant' he spent five years in a U.S. brig, uncharged. Accused Al Qaeda sleeper agent Ali Saleh Kahlah Marri on Thursday pleaded guilty to supporting the architects of the...
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Former 'enemy combatant' pleads guilty

PEORIA, Ill., April 30 (UPI) -- Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, held for six years as an enemy combatant, pleaded guilty Thursday in Illinois to a criminal charge of supporting al-Qaida.

Accused al-Qaida sleeper in U.S. court

CHARLESTON, S.C., March 10 (UPI) -- An accused al-Qaida sleeper agent said he understood the charges against him Tuesday in his first U.S. court appearance after more than five years in custody.

High court dismisses combatant case

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court granted an Obama administration request Friday, dismissing the case of a man who had been the only "enemy combatant" held on U.S. soil.

Enemy combatant reportedly to be charged

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to bring new criminal charges against the only "enemy combatant" still held in the United States, sources said.

High court to hear 'enemy combatant' case

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a challenge to whether an "enemy combatant' can be held indefinitely without trial in the United States.

High Court to examine Marri terror case

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court could take up a terrorism-related case challenging the President's broad powers of detention, observers say.

Appeals court rules for 'enemy combatant'

RICHMOND, Va., June 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that President Bush cannot detain indefinitely as an "enemy combatant" a foreign national arrested in the United States. The court ruled in favor of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, a Qatar citizen who entered the United States

U.S. terror detention policy in court

RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a Qatari student legally living in the United States are appealing his military detention as a terror suspect for five years in Richmond, Va.

Ashcroft ties enemy combatant to L.A. plot

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft links the last enemy combatant to be imprisoned in the United States with failed al-Qaida attacks on Los Angeles.

Al-Qaida suspect named enemy combatant

WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Justice and Defense officials Monday said Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri had been designated an enemy combatant and had been handed over to the Defense Department.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch