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American Taliban seeks reduced sentence By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 22 minutes ago



SAN FRANCISCO - The lawyer and parents of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Wednesday to commute his 20-year prison term, citing the case of an Australian man who was sentenced to less than a year for aiding terrorism.

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Lindh, 26, was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001 by American forces sent to topple the Taliban after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He was charged with conspiring to kill Americans and support terrorists but pleaded guilty to lesser offenses, including carrying weapons against U.S. forces.

Lindh's lawyer and father said the lighter sentence given to Australian David Hicks should be reflected in Lindh's case.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070405/ap_on_re_us/american_taliban

[I do feel that Walker's case is not so clear cut like Padilla. He was in Afghanistan with the Taleban before 9/11. The Taleban even received funding some years before that from the U.S. Government. Did he actually fire a weapon against Americans? I am not aware of that occuring. It may have.]