John Walker Lindh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Walker Lindh

American Taliban

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1981

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: combatant

Nationality: Ireland, United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About John Walker Lindh

  • John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001.
  • He was captured and detained at Qala-i-Jangi fortress, used as a prison.
  • He took part in the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent uprising of the Taliban prisoners, during which all but 86 of the estimated 300–500 prisoners were killed, along with them CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann.
  • Brought to trial in United States federal court in February 2002, Lindh accepted a plea bargain; he pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  • He was released on supervision on May 23, 2019, for a three-year period of supervised release.A convert to Sunni Islam in California at age 16, Lindh traveled to Yemen in 1998 to study Arabic and stayed there for 10 months.
  • He later returned in 2000, then went to Afghanistan to aid the Taliban.
  • He received training at Al-Farouq, a training camp associated with al-Qaeda, designated a terrorist organization by the United States and other countries.
  • While at the camp, he attended a lecture by Osama bin Laden.
  • After the 9/11 attacks, he remained there to join opposing military forces after he learned that the U.S.
  • was allied with the Afghan Northern Alliance.
  • Lindh had previously received training with Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, an internationally designated terrorist organization based in Pakistan.Lindh went by the name Sulayman al-Faris during his time in Afghanistan, but prefers the name Abu Sulayman al-Irlandi today.
  • In early reports following his capture, when the press learned that he was a U.S.
  • citizen, he was usually referred to by the news media as just "John Walker".

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