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Posted on 06/22/2006 3:33:42 PM PDT by radar101
I bring you my boo-freakin'-hoo moment of the day, courtesy of Esquire writer Tom Junod's nauseating profile of John Walker Lindh a/k/a "Suleyman al-Faris" a/k/a "Abdul Hamid a/k/a "Hamza." Junod laments an order forbidding Lindh/al-Faris/Hamid/Hamza from speaking Arabic and describes his typical day in prison:
At seven o'clock in the morning he goes to work in the library. It is not a job that most other inmates want, but it suits Hamza, because all Hamza does is read and study. He reads and studies so much that people have to stop him from reading and studying, and sometimes his only respite comes when the brother who makes the prayer call comes for him and brings him to the chap- el. He cannot speak Arabic, he cannot pray in Arabic, but he can read Arabic. He can read the Koran and he can read, in his father's words, "five-hundred-year-old Arabic texts," and they are his sustenance, although according to Shakeel Syed, "he has lost some of his spoken fluency." Still: Arabia, pronounced Ar-a-bee-uh. That's what the brothers call Arabic, their slang for the divine language. As in: "Hamza? No, you can't do nothing to Hamza. Nothing fazes him. He just sits there reading that Arabia...." His diet is what's called common fare, which is the institutional attempt to accommodate all prisoners with dietary restrictions. Hamza is a good cook, though, and often he and some of the brothers skip the meat and make their own meals with the common-fare vegetables and sardines they buy at the commissary. After dinner, there is time to relax, although for Hamza relaxation often means listening to Islamic audiotapes and watching Islamic videos. Ten o'clock is the count, when every prisoner must be in his cell before the doors close. And then, slowly, there is the sound of surrender, the sound of men drop- ping off to sleep, even Hamza, until midnight. That's when he wakes up for his last prayer, an optional prayer, a prayer that God does not require but is delighted to receive. The prayer is called the tahajjud. It is a prayer through which the Muslim speaks to God most intimately. A sleeping man must wake himself up, and Hamza wakes himself up. And now, when he is obliged to show his deepest heart to God, the one thing his Muslim brothers can't imagine him doing is asking God how he might have lived his life differently.
Whatever sympathy there was for Lindh was based on the idea that he was an idealist, and therefore a fool. That he took a wrong turn. That he was a starry-eyed kid, in over his head. That he was looking for his Muslim merit badge. That he stumbled and bumbled his way into Afghanistan. The problem with this idea is that it sells John Walker Lindh short. It doesn't give him credit for his sense of purpose or his vast reserves of will. It doesn't give him credit for what it took to get to Afghanistan, much less what it took for him to get back to America.
Th title of Junod's piece? "Innocent."
Never mind that Lindh/al-Faris/Hamid/Hamza pleaded guilty to taking up arms and serving in the Taliban.
Hey. Here's an idea. How about Esquire profile true American innocents caught in the conflict between Islam and the West? Let's see. Maybe Tom Junod can chronicle a day in the life of Johnny Micheal Spann's widow and children.
Spann is the slain CIA officer and former Marine Corps artillery specialist who interrogated Lindh in Afghanistan before being killed in a Taliban prison revolt where Lindh was captured.
Spare your tears for Americans who deserve it.
WHO HE KILLED: WHO MIKE LEFT:
Rat boy. Forever.
Does anyone know what prison he is in? We hear jokes about Club Fed, and there are some cush prisons. One would hope this clown is in Atlanta or Memphis..
I have always believed in my heart that this boy spilled the beans through deceiption on Spann, causing Spann to die.
He should be dead.
Lindh has been at a medium-security prison in Victorville, northeast of Los Angeles.
If someone would say that the sob should not be in prison, I would agree with the sayer.
The bastard belongs in an unmarked grave. He should have been hung or shot immediately upon being captured.
I’ve always believed Johnny Weasel was more involved in Spann’s death as well.
He's in a Federal Prison, isn't he?
Are crimes committed in a Federal Prison a Federal crime or a state crime?
If it's the former, President Bush should announce he'll pardon anyone who kills the SOB.
BUMP!
This article is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read in an American Magazine - and I've read Hustler before.
It's just grotesque.
My heart pumps piss for Jihad Johnny. I have the feeling that some patriotic con is gonna cut his throat.
The writer fails to mention how often he is anally raped. I hate when they leave out the only detail you want to know...
These guys thought so:(March 6, 2003)
John Walker Lindh, 21, was not seriously injured in the attack at the federal prison in Victorville, California, officials said. The prison is about 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Lindh attorney Tony West said in a statement the incident happened Monday as Lindh prepared for an evening prayer.
The investigation began after someone called the San Bernardino County Sun with an anonymous tip early Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
"Yes, I'd like to inform your newspaper that John Lindh Walker (sic), who is incarcerated in Victorville, was assaulted this night by a white supremacist organization that is imprisoned there. Thank you," the male caller said in a voice message.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/03/06/walker.lindh.prison/?eref=yahoo
Shoulda been filled with 5.56mm on the battlefield.
"According to Wikipedia"
Piece of crap research device.
Is that vermin still alive? I have tears for Mike, but nothing but disgust for Johnny Jihad and his ilk. His parents should also be in jail as far as I am concerned.
Someday, someone will truly have more reason to regret the fact that he isn't. Call it a hunch!
pinging and saying prayer for Mike Spann to RIP.
This didn't sound quite right to me, so I read (most of) the rest of the article. (Barf!)
It turns out he took a plea bargain in which he agreed to speak to others only in English. This was not imposed on him, he agreed to it in return for a lighter sentence.
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