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Al-Qaida agent sentenced to 8 years in prison

Source: Washington Post
Peoria : AZ : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Ali al-Marri is the last remaining "enemy combatant" held on US soil
    Ali al-Marri is the last remaining "enemy combatant" held on US soil
    Source: AFP
Ali al-Marri is the last remaining "enemy combatant" held on US soil
An al-Qaida sleeper agent who admitted having contact with the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Thursday. U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm could have sentenced Ali al-Marri to as much as 15 years.
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  • News Source: Voice of America | 28 days ago
    Accused al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri has been sentenced to more than eight years in a civilian prison. The Qatar native was labeled an "enemy combatant and held for years in isolation at a military prison in South Carolina. Al-Marri's sentence...
  • News Source: Washington Post | 29 days ago
    District Judge Michael Mihm essentially gave Marri credit for spending more than six years on a U.S...Marri was held in isolation without criminal charges as one of only three enemy combatants on American soil. Over the course of the two-day...
  • News Source: Dawn | 29 days ago
    A US judge sentenced Al Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri to more than eight years in prison on Thursday, rejecting pleas from prosecutors for a much longer jail term. Judge Michael Mihm expressed fears Marri could reoffend but said a ‘just...
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | 29 days ago
    A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Bradley University student and convicted al-Qaida sleeper agent to nearly 8 1/2 years in prison, asserting that he still poses a threat to the American people. But the judgment was seen as something of a...
  • News Source: Fox News | 29 days ago
    District Court Judge Michael Mihm decided to give credit for the 71 months al-Marri spent in a Navy brig, and time held as a material witness.  In addition, Mihm credited him with 9 more months, to make up for the harsh treatment of al-Marri while...
  • News Source: Christian Science Monitor | 29 days ago
    But the federal judge took into account the almost six years he was held without charge as an enemy combatant in a military prison...Ali Saleh Al-Marri of Qatar and Saudi Arabia had faced up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a...
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