1. S. 129b StGB regulates the application of German national criminal law, see, on the problematic relation with the general sections on jurisdiction, s. 3 et seq. StGB, see MARK ZÖLLER, TERRORISMUSSTRAFRECHT (Criminal Terrorist: a Guide) 333 et seq. (2009). On Al Qaida as a terrorist group under German law, see Christoph Safferling, Prosecuting Terrorism Financing in Germany: Bundesgerichtshof (German Federal Court of Justice), Judgement of 14 August 2009 – 3 StR 552/08, 11 GERM. L. J. 1296 et seq. (2010), available online at: http://www.germanlawjournal.com/index.php?pageID=11&artID=1298 (last accessed: 31 August 2012).
2. It was the first one introduced in the context of anti-terrorism law. It was implemented by the "34. Strafrechtsänderungsgesetz vom 22. August 2002" (BGBl. I S. 3390)
3. see further MATTHIAS KRAUß, in LEIPZIGER KOMMENTAR STGB (LEIPZIG PENAL CODE COMMENTARY, HEINRICH LAUFHÜTTE, RUTH RISSING-VAN SAAN & KLAUS TIEDEMANN eds., 12th ed.) 430 (2009).
4. See only on the discussion about the Katrin Gierhake, GVVG: Gierhake, Zur geplanten Einführung neuer Straftatbestände wegen der Vorbereitung terroristischer Straftaten (On the planned introduction of new offenses because of the preparation of terrorist offenses) 9 ZIS 397 (2008)
5. Mark Zöller, Willkommen in Absurdistan - Neue Straftatbestände zur Bekämpfung des Terorrismus (Welcome to Absurdistan - New offenses to combatTerrorism), 11 Goltdammer's Archiv für Strafrecht (GA) 607 (2010), with further references.