The Ottawa\u002Dborn man is serving a life sentence in connection with his role in a plot to bomb targets in the United Kingdom
In a recently released decision, the appeal division upheld the parole board’s rejection of Khawaja’s application for day parole in February.
The appeal division said Khawaja “compartmentalized” his involvement with international terrorism, and minimized the potential impact of building a bomb detonator for the British terror cell. The appeal panel said Khawaja’s contradictory statements deflected his own responsibility for advancing the interests of terrorist groups.
Khawaja was arrested in March 2004 at Global Affairs Canada, where he worked on contract as a software developer. He went on trial in June 2008 and pleaded not guilty to seven offences under the Criminal Code’s newly minted terrorism section.Prosecutors relied on Khawaja’s voluminous email to show he was a committed Islamic jihadist who idolized Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Defence lawyer Lawrence Greenspon accepted the Crown’s contention that Khawaja was a jihadist, but argued his client was not a terrorist since he did not intend to harm civilians and was unaware of the British bomb plot. Khawaja, he said, wanted to fight western invaders occupying Afghanistan or Iraq.
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