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'American Taliban' Wants Out of Jail
NewsMax ^
| 12/20/05
| AP
Posted on 12/20/2005 4:48:28 PM PST by wagglebee
The so-called "American Taliban" is asking the president again to commute his sentence.
Lawyers for John Walker Lindh have renewed a Petition for Commutation, asking President Bush to commute Lindh's 20-year prison sentence.
Lindh had originally asked President Bush to shorten his sentence in September of last year, saying his case should get another look after another U-S born Taliban suspect - Yaser Esam Hamdi - was released.
In an appeal to the president filed yesterday, Lindh's lawyers say other defendants who have recently pleaded guilty to similar charges have received much shorter sentences.
Lindh grew up in Marin County, Calif. He was captured with other Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan in December 2001.
He is serving 20 years in prison for aiding the Taliban as an armed combatant.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; americantaliban; jihadjohnny; johnwalkerlindh; marincounty; mediabias; taliban; traitor
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To: wagglebee
George W. Bush was VERY generous to him when he was returned to the U.S. He should be thankful he got only 20 years.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:15:37 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
To: wagglebee
1. Insert sand.
2. Pound.
To: wagglebee
My guess is that Lindh is not in general population. Your guess is wrong.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:18:25 PM PST
by
adamsjas
To: wagglebee
Aw come on, John. Cheer up. Prison is just like Islamic Heaven. The only difference is that instead of one man for every 72 virgins, it's 72 men for every virgin. Did I mention you were the virgin?
To: wagglebee
so much for patriotic inmates. i thought for sure he'd have met allahtashit in hell by now.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:20:05 PM PST
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the 'slims have already started. 1900 useless replies and still going!)
To: JoeGar
It will earn him more sympathy amont the pro-Jihadist Left.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:21:10 PM PST
by
Sometimes A River
(Your hands and feet are mangoes, but you're gonna be a genius anyway)
To: wagglebee
Never Forgive...
Never Forget!!!
11/25/01 RIPafter five minutes alone with that FPOS, i'd be exhausted from pounding bloody pieces of his brainpan into the carpet!!!
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:21:28 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: adamsjas
What are you basing this information on?
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:22:23 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
I believe most people in prison want out. What makes this traitor special? They should have shot him as soon as they interrogated him.
To: wagglebee
I hope this little rat rots and dies in prison. But not before he is thoroughly abused by the entire cell block.
He should have been hung for treason.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:28:38 PM PST
by
Bullish
(Proudly and consistently hating the Clinton's since 1992)
To: wagglebee
Ditto to what you said. In EXACTLY the same words.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:32:05 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
To: Bullish
Maybe Bush should allow him to be transferred to a prison in a Muslim country like Saudi Arabia, that way he can learn to "appreciate" Sharia a little better.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:32:43 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
I'd be happy to "shorten" his sentence so he no longer has to sit behind bars. Would he prefer to shorten it by facing a firing squad or a noose?
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:33:17 PM PST
by
BillyBoy
(Find out the TRUTH about the Chicago Democrat Machine's "Best Friend" in the GOP... www.nolahood.com)
To: wagglebee
President Bush Personally Interrogates John Walker Lindh 
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:39:17 PM PST
by
petercooper
(Win the war. Confirm the judges. Cut the taxes. Control the spending. Seal the borders.)
To: wagglebee
What are you basing this information on? Previous press reports that he is in general pop, surrounded by nation of Islam thugs.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:41:08 PM PST
by
adamsjas
To: adamsjas
So, he is effectively protected from the actual danger that is inherent to general population.
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posted on
12/20/2005 5:42:59 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: LoudRepublicangirl
If there had been any real justice this little bastard would have gotten the firing squad been shot on sight.
To: adamsjas
What leads you to conclude that he's in general population?
You've got some explaining to do yourself as far as your reasoning and intent goes?
To: wagglebee
Johnny Walker, you're just lucky you aren't swingin in the wind.
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posted on
12/20/2005 6:32:51 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: adamsjas
My guess is that Lindh is not in general population.
Your guess is wrong.Please back up this statement with fact.
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