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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 24 > U.S. military is overruled on ‘enemy combatant’ designation

U.S. military is overruled on ‘enemy combatant’ designation

By Marisa Taylor / The Bulletin
June 24, 2008

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court for the first time has rejected the military’s designation of a Guantanamo detainee as an enemy combatant.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned as “invalid” a....

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