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This 3 page paper discusses the "American Taliban," John Walker Lindh and his motivation for joining the Taliban, and the case against him. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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This paper discusses his background, his rationale for doing what he did and the case against him. Discussion John Walker Lindh grew up in San Francisco, arguably one of the
most liberal cities in the world (Dean 9). He was attracted to Islam when he read The Autobiography of Malcolm X for a high school class (Dean 9). "Mentored by
local Islamic teachers who encouraged his newfound faith, Lindh traveled to Yemen after graduation to study the Quran, and wound up as a self-confessed jihadi--a fighter of holy wars--in an
al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan" (Dean 9). Following the 9/11 attack and the deployment of American troops to Afghanistan, "CIA agents discovered Lindh among Taliban prisoners of war, brought him
home and charged him with ten counts of treason" (Dean 9). Lindh cut a deal: he "confessed to carrying two hand grenades and supplying services to the Taliban" and in
exchange received "two ten-year prison sentences instead of lifelong incarceration" (Dean 9). "He was 21" (Dean 9). Further, he "has agreed to co-operate with the governments inquiries, and to drop
any claims that he was mistreated while in military custody in Afghanistan" ("A Murky End 23). On the other side, the government "dropped nine other charges, including several that could
have carried life sentences, and agreed to consider letting him serve his sentence in a prison close to his family, who still live in northern California" ("A Murky End" 23).
Neither side wanted to go to trial, because Lindh wanted to avoid life in prison and the government wanted to "avoid scrutiny of its intelligence-gathering" ("A Murky End" 23). Lindhs
former neighbors seem mostly supportive of him, and some "would have welcomed such scrutiny of the military-industrial complex" ("A Murky End" 23). In this ultra-liberal part of the country, suspicion
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