binWalker Indicted

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By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh on 10 charges Tuesday, alleging he was trained by Osama bin Laden's network and then conspired with the Taliban to kill Americans.

Lindh's lawyers, nonetheless, pleaded for his release until trial, and said "highly coercive" prison conditions forced him to waive his right to remain silent — and confess his activities as a Taliban soldier to the FBI in Afghanistan.

With his arraignment scheduled for Monday, the indictment accused Lindh of conspiring to provide support to terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, supplying services to Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers and possessing weapons during violent crimes. Lindh faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

 

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good!

 

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Finally

 

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...and denied bail...

By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge ordered John Walker Lindh held in custody pending trial on Wednesday as prosecutors revealed e-mails they said showed the U.S.-born Taliban felt clear "hostility toward his country."

Magistrate Judge W. Curtis Sewell denied bail after concluding that the 20-year-old Lindh "has every incentive to flee" and posed a danger to society.

Ruling from the bench rather than taking time to deliberate, Sewell rejected Lindh's request to be released in the custody of his parents — who had pleaded in vain for their son to return home from overseas.

The government and defense used the hearing in federal court here to present widely divergent portrayals of the young Californian who left home and turned his life to Islam.

"He is not a dangerous person," lead defense lawyer James Brosnahan said of his client. "He never had anything to do with terrorist activities."

No, nothing but taking up arms against the local rebel army for the Taliban. And we know they never supported terrorism