John Walker Lindh is an American citizen who was captured by the Northern Alliance on the battlefield

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John Walker Lindh is an American citizen who was captured by the Northern Alliance on the battlefield in Afghanistan in November 2001. Known as “the American Taliban,” Lindh attended a military training camp run by Harakut ul-Mujahideen in Pakistan before joining the Taliban in Afghanistan. Lindh allegedly told Taliban officials

“that he was an American and that he wanted to go to the front lines to fight,”

and he received additional military training at an al-Qaeda training camp. During his training, Lindh personally met Osama bin Laden, “who thanked him and other trainees for taking part in jihad.” Lindh carried a weapon during his time fighting with the Taliban. What possible crimes has Lindh committed?

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Criminal Law

ISBN: 9780135777626

3rd Edition

Authors: Jennifer Moore, John Worrall

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