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High court accepts ‘enemy’ appeal
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High court accepts ‘enemy’ appeal
Posted: 01:49 PM ET
By Bill Mears
CNN Supreme Court Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court will again look at a key component of the government’s anti-terror strategy, agreeing Friday to hear the appeal of the only “enemy combatant” held in the United States.

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, a Qatar native, has been in U.S. custody for seven years, but his status remains in legal limbo. He is accused of, but has never been charged with, being an al Qaeda “sleeper agent.”

Since his initial arrest on credit card fraud charges in December 2001, al-Marri– a resident alien– has remained in “virtual isolation in the brig,” his attorneys said. They are suing the government to improve his jail conditions and are challenging the constitutionality of his detention.

Oral arguments in the case probably will be held in February or March.