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American Taliban Indicted on 10 Counts
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
(5:56 PM ET) (22:56 GMT)
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If convicted, Walker Lindh, 20, could receive multiple life sentences, six additional 10-year sentences, plus 30 years, Ashcroft said. The government may still seek additional charges that could carry the death penalty.

WASHINGTON -- CNN
A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted John Walker Lindh on 10 counts, charging him with being a terrorist trained by al Qaeda who conspired with the Taliban against Americans, Attorney General J ohn Ashcroft said.

"It is extraordinary for the United States to have to charge one of its own citizens with aiding and conspiring with international terrorists' groups whose agenda is to kill Americans," Ashcroft told a press conference.

Even after Walker Lindh learned of the September 11 attacks on the United States, he remained with a Taliban fighting group, the attorney general said.

"He remained despite having learned of the terrorist attacks on his homeland, despite knowing that Osama bin Laden was responsible for those attacks, and despite the knowledge that ... additional terrorist attacks and acts were planned," Ashcroft said.
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