This is grand news from our allies in Jordan. An appeals court has just overturned the terror funding conviction of Bilal Mansur al-Hiyari. Here's the kicker: Bilal Mansur al-Hiyari already served his six-month sentence for giving financial support to America's number one enemy Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

AP:

The Oct. 31 conviction of Bilal Mansur al-Hiyari by the military State Security Court "fell short of adequate justifications and causes," the Court of Cassation said in the March 20 ruling.

The United States has accused al-Hiyari of financing al-Zarqawi, a fellow Jordanian who leads the most active insurgent group in Iraq. Washington said in April it would freeze any assets al-Hiyari may have in the United States and was asking U.N. members to do likewise.

The court demanded a retrial for al-Hiyari, who had already served his six-month jail sentence and has been released. He is believed to be in Jordan, but his whereabouts were not known Tuesday.

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