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Qatari imprisoned in US returns home — declared an enemy combatant after 9/11
Source: Associated Press
Qatari imprisoned in US returns home — declared an enemy combatant after 9/11
Associated Press in Doha
theguardian.com, Sunday 18 January 2015 15.40 GMT
A Qatari man who was declared an enemy combatant by the Bush administration following the 9/11 attacks and imprisoned over links to al-Qaida has returned home to the Gulf nation after quietly being released by US authorities.
Ali al-Marri was arrested in December 2001 while attending graduate school in central Illinois. He was held without charge for nearly six years in a US navy brig in South Carolina before eventually pleading guilty and receiving a sentence of just over eight years behind bars.
Al-Marri’s nephew, Saleh Garallah Kahlah al-Marri, said on Sunday that his uncle returned home the previous evening and was greeted by representatives from the Qatari interior and foreign ministries.
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Al-Marri was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2009 after pleading guilty to conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organisation. He was expected to serve less than six years in consideration for time spent behind bars before and after his stay in the brig.
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Associated Press in Doha
theguardian.com, Sunday 18 January 2015 15.40 GMT
A Qatari man who was declared an enemy combatant by the Bush administration following the 9/11 attacks and imprisoned over links to al-Qaida has returned home to the Gulf nation after quietly being released by US authorities.
Ali al-Marri was arrested in December 2001 while attending graduate school in central Illinois. He was held without charge for nearly six years in a US navy brig in South Carolina before eventually pleading guilty and receiving a sentence of just over eight years behind bars.
Al-Marri’s nephew, Saleh Garallah Kahlah al-Marri, said on Sunday that his uncle returned home the previous evening and was greeted by representatives from the Qatari interior and foreign ministries.
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Al-Marri was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2009 after pleading guilty to conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organisation. He was expected to serve less than six years in consideration for time spent behind bars before and after his stay in the brig.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/18/qatari-declared-enemy-combatant-returns-home
