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Rpt: American Taliban Met bin Laden
AP | 12/23/01

Posted on 12/23/2001 4:36:13 PM PST by kattracks

NEW YORK, Dec 23, 2001 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- John Walker Lindh, the 20-year-old American captured fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan, once met with Osama bin Laden while living in a terrorist training camp near Kandahar, according to a published report.

Citing unnamed sources, Newsweek magazine reports Lindh was given the choice between training for terrorist instruction or fighting as an al-Qaida soldier against the northern alliance in the months before the Sept. 11 attacks.

A Justice Department official told Newsweek that Lindh chose to fight - an issue now at the center of discussions about Lindh's fate.

"There's still a lot of missing pieces," an official working on the case told the magazine. "We're trying to figure out exactly what he did."

Lindh was captured by U.S. forces after a prison uprising at a fortress in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif this month.

He could face charges such as providing support to terrorists, which carries a 15-year sentence, or life imprisonment, if his support resulted in a death.

Lindh could also be charged with treason, which carries a maximum sentence of death.

Bush administration officials told Newsweek that some authorities may want to delay charging Lindh if he has information that could help prosecute bin Laden or other al-Qaida leaders.

Copyright 2001 Associated Press, All rights reserved



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...Lindh chose to fight

Then why was he living in a terrorist training camp?

And why would anyone believe anything this traitor has to say at this point?

1 posted on 12/23/2001 4:36:13 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Lindh could also be charged with treason, which carries a maximum sentence of death.

Who would call what he did anything else BUT treason? Who would want a punishment anything else BUT death?

2 posted on 12/23/2001 4:43:51 PM PST by la_liberte
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To: kattracks
Nothing will come out of this. The scumbag will appear on Oprah with his folks once Danny Glover and his Left-wing Hollywood pals crawl out of their rocks with their support.
3 posted on 12/23/2001 4:51:28 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: la_liberte
Oh, there are plenty of freepers who think we should all sing kumbayah and give Johnny Jihad another chance. Kinda makes me ill.
4 posted on 12/23/2001 4:51:46 PM PST by MizSterious
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To: kattracks

Here's What Little Johnny deserves when he reeturns to the USA:


5 posted on 12/23/2001 4:56:48 PM PST by texson66
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To: golitely
That is all I would have to know to put a Freeper on my own black list.
6 posted on 12/23/2001 4:57:38 PM PST by la_liberte
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To: kattracks
'Twas the night before Ramadan, and all through the cave, Not a creature was stirring; it felt like a grave. The turbans were hung by the firepit with care, In hopes the US Air Force would NOT soon be there. The soldiers were restless without any beds, While visions of air strikes flashed in their heads. Osama in his burkha and I in my goatskin cap, Had just settled down for a cold, barren winter's nap, When out on the ledge there arose such a clatter, I grabbed my Kalashnikov to see what was the matter. Away from the racket I ran like a girl, Tripped over a goat; into a ball I did curl. The moon shone down on the new-fallen snow And lit up the valley with an ominous glow, When, what to my one good eye should appear, But a dozen Apaches, and tanks in the rear. And their leader, so fearless, his troops he did push, I knew in an instant it must be George Bush. More rapid than eagles his forces they came, And they whistled, and shouted, and called out our names; "Now Omar! Osama! Muhammad! Abdul! We come for you now; we've taken Kabul! To the top of the cliffs! To the back of their caves! When you chose this war, you dug your own graves!" As the dry leaves that before the assault choppers fly, When they meet with an obstacle, light up the sky. So up to the ledge his forces they flew With full magazines, and flame-throwers too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard with a thud The explosions of Tomahawks; not one was a dud. As I chambered my rifle, and was turning around, Osama was there, disguised in a gown. He was dressed all in drag, from his head to his toes, And he said he would flee while I held off his foes; A bundle of money he had stuffed in his pack, He said "I'm going to Baghdad and I'm not looking back!" His eyes were all glassy; he trembled with fear; The American bombs, they rang in his ears. He saddled his goat, then turned tail and fled, But a Marine Corps sniper got him in the head. I watched with cold fear as his body did slump; The goat threw him off; he fell with a thump. And so, there I stood, my plans all destroyed, About to suffer a fate I could not avoid; I dropped to my knees; asked Allah for help, His voice boomed in my ears, "You ignorant whelp! I gave you the Bible, the Torah and Koran, But you were too arrogant to understand, I told you to honor your neighbors and wives; Not to enslave them, or degrade their lives! You invoke My Name to sanction your deeds, But you are the last thing that this world needs. And so, I'll send you and bin Laden to Hell." The last words I heard, as the bombs fell, Were from George Bush himself as he mounted the wall, "One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all!"
7 posted on 12/23/2001 4:57:54 PM PST by RKBA_Champ
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To: kattracks
Nothing happens to the untouchable celebrities. Johnny Jihad is a celebrity, known for being known. He'll be our next Robert Downey Jr, on parole of a parole of a parole. Watch and see.
8 posted on 12/23/2001 5:00:16 PM PST by Revolting cat!
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