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US Taliban jihadi John Walker Lindh to be released in May, supports ISIS, advocates for global jihad

Mar 20, 2019 8:16 am By Robert Spencer

John Walker Lindh was captured while fighting alongside the Taliban against U.S. troops. If that isn’t treason, what is? This jihadi says he wants to move to Ireland, but if the Irish aren’t stupid enough to let him in, he will likely become a hero of the Muslim victimhood circuit in the U.S., speaking at CAIR and ISNA conferences, demonizing the United States and slyly recruiting for jihad.

“John Walker Lindh, American ex-Taliban fighter, to be released in May, hasn’t denounced Islamism,” by Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, March 19, 2019:

John Walker Lindh, a former American Taliban militant convicted in 2002 for supporting the terrorist organization, is due to be freed in May.

The former Islamist fighter, dubbed “Detainee 001 in the war on terror,” was arrested in 2001, just months after the Sept. 11 attacks and the start of the war in Afghanistan. Then just 20 years old, he was among a group of Taliban fighters who were captured by U.S. forces.

Within a year, Walker Lindh was convicted of supporting the Taliban and sentenced to 20 years in prison — even as some hardliners urged authorities to consider treason charges that could have resulted in the death penalty.

Walker Lindh’s release later this year is likely to be met with headaches for security services across the globe, especially since he has since acquired Irish citizenship and plans to move there — even though he hasn’t denounced radical Islamic ideology and has even made pro-Isis comments to the media.

The National Counterterrorism Center penned a document dated Jan. 24, 2017 claiming the former Taliban fighter remains as radicalized now as he was in 2001.

“As of May 2016, John Walker Lindh (USPER) — who is scheduled to be released in May 2019 after being convicted of supporting the Taliban — continued to advocate for global jihad and to write and translate violent extremist texts,” the Foreign Policy magazine reported.

The report added Walker Lindh told “a television news producer that he would continue to spread violent extremist Islam upon his release.”…

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  1. Rob says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 8:20 am

    This turd should have been flushed a long time ago.

  2. Frank Anderson says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 8:42 am

    By letting him talk and giving him absolutely maximum exposure, the goal of showing more uninformed deniers might, might, be accomplished. I suggest where we have a hard time telling sleepers the need to awaken, maybe he can do it for us. Food for thought?

    • K WAGNER says

      Mar 20, 2019 at 1:08 pm

      Why can’t/won’t he be tried for inciting terroristic threats against the US of A?

      • Frank Anderson says

        Mar 20, 2019 at 1:26 pm

        K.W. because the DOJ has been reading George Orwell’s 1984 and lives “newspeak”. They are too busy trying to convict DJT to go after a real criminal and illegal enemy combatant.

        Why in my case over 30 years ago did they refuse to investigate and prosecute the ongoing federal crimes that were being perpetrated by the state bar and supreme court of a state in tampering with a federal witness in the course of a federal court proceeding? “We don’t care how many federal agents you assisted. We don’t care what information you gave them. We don’t care that your life has been threatened, that your wife’s life has been threatened, that you have been fired from your job and professionally destroyed. We did not select you as a federal witness. We did not call you as a federal witness. We have no duty to protect you and will do nothing for that purpose. Have a NICE day!” That was after I had been named 3 times in sworn, written pleadings filed in 2 federal courts “a person who will necessarily testify in any hearing of this matter.”

        A federal witness is any person who has material information who expects to, is expected to or does testify in any federal court proceeding. He is protected before, during and after the proceeding from any corrupt endeavor to harass, oppress or intimidate his testimony. See cases under 18 United States Code Section 1503, which was incorporated into Section 1512 by the Victims and Witnesses Protection Act of 1982, which did not by any change of language make lawful conduct that was previously criminal. But nothing was done and I was destroyed in every detail of my life, except life itself and my licenses.

        It all depends on who is popular, powerful and can arrange the next appointment. The US Attorney who directed the FBI’s SAC to tell me that was nominated for a district court judgeship and was denied.

      • Ashley says

        Mar 20, 2019 at 1:32 pm

        I have the same question. Lindh continues to support ISIS and advocates for global jihad. Isn’t that criminal?

        This is an extremely dangerous individual who posses an imminent danger to the world.

      • christianblood says

        Mar 20, 2019 at 6:48 pm

        Why does the release of one American jihadist from prison matters when just last week, the Trump administration gave millions of taxpayer dollars to Al-Qaeda “White Helmets” in Syria, calling them “heroic”?

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 20, 2019 at 8:50 pm

          christianblood has always said that he wants to see Muslims conquer the West, so *of course* he doesn’t consider Jihadists being released in our midst to be a bad thing.

        • christianblood says

          Mar 21, 2019 at 7:51 am

          gravenimage

          Address the fact that the Trump administration is giving millions of dollars to Al-Qaeda “White Helmets” once again!

  3. Fraser says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 11:41 am

    Definitely a “mental illness” case as we’ve heard. Converts especially afflicted!

  4. FYI says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    “..he has since acquired Irish Citizenship..”

    What?How?

    jihadist operators are active in Ireland:I see one silly Irish woman converted to islam, joined isis, and was recently caught in Syria,so passports are given to islamic terrorists.There is also the usual mosque building of course when they come into a country,seen as a great triumph for islam…this is as a result of the vacuum created by the Irish Catholic Church Hierarchy and what they did to Christianity by scattering the flock..see how fast the muslims move in, gaining converts and building their temples to their false god.

    A once Christian Country becomes all lefty-liberal,renounces its heritage, and in come the muslims with their cult: an example of the RED-GREEN AXIS.The Irish Left are notoriously anti-Israel too so they are easily duped by the muslims with the “palestinian” thing. ..{although it must be said,there are pro-Israel groups too but the Leftards dominate politics..}

    • Isabellathecrusader says

      Mar 20, 2019 at 1:16 pm

      They committed suicide as a country when they legalized abortion. Here comes Johnny Walker Red! (Or Green, and not the kind that tastes good.)

  5. brian matuliewich says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    The IRA and radical Islamist are known to support each other, hes going to assist in the unification of the terror groups, how did he get Irish citizenship anyway?

  6. Ashley says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 1:21 pm

    Insanity:

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/john-walker-lindh-american-ex-taliban-militant-obtained-irish-citizenship-thanks-to-his-irish-grandmother

  7. CRUSADER says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    Treason……

    Used to be traitors got HANGED.

    • Frank Anderson says

      Mar 21, 2019 at 12:06 am

      C., please do some reading on the provision of the Constitution regarding treason. Before the Constitution anything the King said was treason was treason. Anyone who did anything in opposition to the King was guilty of treason. The charge was abused to silence opposition and line the King’s treasury with confiscated property. My very concise description is incomplete, but can be much better explained online. There are statutory alternatives that make prosecution and conviction more likely, IF a prosecutor can be found who will receive permission from the Attorney General to prosecute. Good luck on that.

      • CRUSADER says

        Mar 21, 2019 at 2:02 pm

        In another generation, when things are far worse, and Europe has been lost, and the USA is hanging on…. Our Constitution may start to look different toward those who turn coat.

  8. David Person says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    If I type a load of old rubbish I wonder if Mr Spencer let’s me keep it posted?

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 20, 2019 at 8:52 pm

      What? David Person’s post is pretty rubbishy; I’m sure it will stay up.

  9. Peter WF says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    Leave him locked up.

  10. gravenimage says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    US Taliban jihadi John Walker Lindh to be released in May, supports ISIS, advocates for global jihad
    …………………

    Oh, boy. And this scum’s parents live in the country next to mine here in the Bay Area. San Francisco is a very “target rich environment” for him…

  11. Relic says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    The day Mike Spann died.

  12. na says

    Mar 20, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    One of my friend was a son of former local mafia boss, a great smuggler. When he was in jail Police gave him English books. He read books later he become an author at the age of 70. His books were not famous . Because no one understood his English. By the time he killed his wife for getting into jail to get a decent salary in jail. His son was brought up in a semi educated circumstance even though they have smuggling, he decided to go to Georgia to learn MEDICINE. and just to know what is MEDICINE. On other hand his mind was full of pharmaceutical business. He learned medicine and understood it has nothing to do with any illness. Full of wasting time and money.They have drug ATC CODE. Total 100 generic medicine. But diagnosis is the only one difficult task. Later he quit medicine and learned music and software languages from internet. And started one IT start up. Now business is in full swing. They have clients from Germany. ;Later he learned “ein bischen Deuitch auch”. If we need to change the world we have scope everywhere.
    But these people are always obsesses with terrorism. negative people.

  13. Laura says

    Mar 21, 2019 at 3:58 am

    We need to establish a camp for these dangerous cockroaches on maybe a desolate Southern Ocean island. Build Nissen hut accommodation, give them fishing gear and basic rations, rice, beans, lentils, flour etc and then leave them to it. no ‘holy’ books, prayer mats or contact with the outside world. An extraordinary threat requires an extraordinary response.

    • Frank Anderson says

      Mar 21, 2019 at 4:18 am

      Laura, I think the threat is the same today as it has been for 1400 years. With present technology in weapons, transportation and communication the ability to attack and subvert non-submitting societies has become much greater. There has not been a time in my reading that islam ever expressed any motivation to show any tolerance toward kafirs, which is an insulting term for any who do not submit. GWB’s “Religion of Peace” has killed on the average approximately 4 people every 3 minutes for 1400 years, and more daily. Please see Spencer’s History of Jihad and Warner’s Islamic Trilogy for a start to understanding what we are facing today..

      I cannot understand why anyone captured on a battlefield where US soldiers are being killed and wounded is treated any differently from any other, especially when they are all “unlawful combatants”. “The acts of one are the acts of all; the knowledge of one is the knowledge of all.” Anyone who “aids, abets, counsels or acts in furtherance” is equally guilty. Whether in Afghanistan or Syria, the atrocities of one are the atrocities of all.

      • CRUSADER says

        Mar 21, 2019 at 2:06 pm

        Tolerance (enduring the discomfort or disagreeability) toward kafir do occur where Islam is weak, where Muslims are in distinct minority, yet this alters as Islamic demographics increase….

        Stages of Islam….

        • Frank Anderson says

          Mar 21, 2019 at 3:18 pm

          All history I have read agrees with your assessment.

  14. Ed says

    Mar 21, 2019 at 11:37 am

    BAD MOVE to turn this guy loose.

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