DJ Lindh's Former Teacher Arrested In Pakistan

DowJonesNewsWire ^ | May 7, 2002

[TomGuy]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP)--A Muslim scholar who taught American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh for six months in a remote Pakistan village has been arrested by police in a joint U.S.-Pakistan operation, a Muslim leader said Tuesday.

Mufti Mohammed Iltimas was arrested near the Afghan border in the village of Bannu, according to Qari Abdullah, a local leader of one of Pakistan's largest Islamic groups, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.

[Bigg Red]

In January Iltimas recalled Lindh as a kind and earnest young man devoted to his religious studies, but who showed the telltale signs of militancy and even shared some of the radical Taliban interpretations of his new faith.

Ah, yes, the Sgt. Schultz defense.

[EggsAckley]

Maybe I'm being dense, but I can't figure out what the "DJ" means in the title.
It's also in the source title.

[denydenydeny]

"He often told me that the Taliban's Islam was complete and they don't fear anyone except God"

The psychological profile on Lindh gets thicker. I'm wondering more and more if he suffered sexual abuse in his childhood.

[denydenydeny]

DJ = Dow Jones, presumably.

[albee]

Disc Jockey, Silly!

[Free the USA]

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[EggsAckley]

Ah, yes..should have figured that out. But it still is odd the way it's used in the headline. Thanks.

[FreedomFarmer]

Such a shame. All that way to arrest a Moose Limb teacher, when they can arrest thousands of Social Lice teachers in the States.

[holyscroller]

" I can't figure out what the "DJ" means in the title."

DJ = Dumb Jerk

[VA_Gentleman]

I think it's John Walker's rap name.

[hattend]

Here is something that makes you go, "hmmmm..." from JJ Johnson
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A Sierra Times Special Report
Charges May Be Dropped Against Taliban Johnny
Report by J.J. Johnson
Published 05. 6. 02 at 15:36 Sierra Time
read it here

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Government prosecutors were left flat-footed today when the 'worse case' scenario came up in a preliminary hearing Monday in U.S. District Court. Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, (a.k.a. Taliban Johnny) made a request to visit and interview detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This legal maneuver, when it all spills out - may cause the government to drop the indictment against Walker completely.

Sound crazy, but it's happened before.

Asking permission to interview about 20 of the Taliban and al Qaeda down at "Guantanamo", is not what the U.S. government wants to do. They already brought up "national security" in court on Monday as a reason for that not happening. Well, this doesn't sit well in federal court, where precedent has been set to drop cases if the accuse does not have the ability to face the evidence against him. This happened in the Robert McFarlande case (former Regan National Security Adviser), in which McFarlande won a dismissal of charges when the government refused to turn over evidence against him for 'national security reasons'.

Get this: the Judge has indicated that he would give permission to interview detainees.

Currently, the government has asked for a recess which was granted. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III hinted that if the government refuses to allow interviews with the Cuban POW's, it could spell a dismissal of the Lindh case. The governement again - does not want Lindh defense team (or anyone else) talking to the gang at Gitmo.

Defense lawyers had asked to talk to 77 people they thought might support their contention that Lindh never meant to hurt his countrymen and that he was mistreated before he gave statements to the FBI that form the bulk of the case against him. Fifty-one military and FBI employees declined to be interviewed, and prosecutors are still trying to find two more.

Now the defense team is directing its focus to folks more south. The hope is that some in Cuba may be able to prove that Lindh never fired on any Americans. Legal experts believe that that the legal team led by James Brosnahan is considering calling a large number of witnesses to describe what happened to Lindh during his stint with the Taliban and then during the 54 days he was in U.S. custody before being brought to Alexandria.

[SunnyUsa]

Dow Jones it is!!! You are right ..... all stories seem to start with DJ

[afraidfortherepublic]

Defendant John Lindh?

[afraidfortherepublic]

This guys name is "WALKER" Johnny WALKER.

Taliban Johnny was born Lindh. Walker is his mother's maiden name, which he assumed after his parents' divorce (after daddy ran off with his boyfriend). Taliban Johnny has assumed so many aliases that it is hard to know what his name is anymore.

[Lucky]

d j lindh......defendant john lindh....(sorry my cap key is not working)

[EggsAckley]

Thanks. That makes perfect sense. Hadn't thought of it.

btw, Lucky is my dog's name! See how special you are? ;o)