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CounterPunch
by Jacob Hornberger

01/03/08

Since an attack on Iran could result in heightened ‘war-on-terrorism’ emergencies here in the United States, this would be a good time to review the issue of ‘enemy combatants,’ especially as the concept applies to American citizens. To analyze the critical importance of the ‘enemy-combatant’ doctrine, we will examine the cases of two people who were incarcerated as ‘enemy combatants’ — Jose Padilla, an American citizen, and Ali al-Marri, a citizen of Qatar. Both were taken into custody on American soil, labeled ‘enemy combatants,’ and incarcerated by the U.S. military...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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