NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York has upheld the conviction of a Lebanese-born Swede who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to open a terrorism training camp in Oregon to help al-Qaida.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday issued an order upholding the jury’s 2009 conclusions.
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