Court rules a law that listed material support for terrorism as a war crime — approved in 2006 cannot be applied retroactively.

 


US court overturns Qaeda propagandist’s conviction (via AFP)

A US appeals court overturned the war crimes conviction Friday of an Al-Qaeda propagandist, a ruling that could lead authorities to drop conspiracy charges against the five 9/11 plotters. The US Court of Appeals in Washington threw out the conviction of Ali Hamza al-Bahlul on the basis that the charges…