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In 2009, al-Moayad pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to raise money for Hamas. He was sentenced to time served and was deported. He arrived in Yemen in August with Zayed, where they were greeted by thousands of supporters. That same day they were congratulated in person by then-President
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overturned the conviction, ruling that the jury had been prejudiced by inflammatory testimony about unrelated terrorism links. Specifically, the testimony of both Goba and the victim of the
Palestinian attack in Tel Aviv was deemed inadmissible. The 68-page ruling was written by Circuit Judge
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against extradition. This appeal was rejected, as the court found that the U.S. had given
Germany assurances that the suspects would not face a military court or any other special tribunal. They were therefore turned over to U.S. custody, and taken to
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by U.S. soldiers. Goba also described the camp's training in explosives and weapons and the visits by bin Laden. He summarized a speech bin Laden gave which talked about the importance of "performing
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