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American in Taliban: Biological strike on U.S. near
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
An American Taliban fighter held captive by Marines in Afghanistan has
told American officials that al Qaeda's next attack on the United States will
take place in days and involve biological weapons, U.S. intelligence
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John Walker Lindh, the Taliban guerrilla captured near Mazar-e-Sharif,
said in intelligence debriefings at the U.S. Marine Corps base near Kandahar
that "Phase II" of al Qaeda's war against the United States will occur at the
end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends Sunday.
Mr. Lindh told U.S. intelligence officials that the Ramadan attack will
involve the use of biological weapons.
A third phase of al Qaeda's war on the United States will result in the
destruction of the entire country, the Islamic convert stated.
The officials said they have questioned the credibility of Mr. Lindh's
claim because of his relatively low-level position.
Still, the information was among other intelligence reports that led the
Bush administration to issue a public warning last week about a possible
terrorist attack, the officials said.
No other details were available about Mr. Lindh's debriefing. However,
the intelligence about the impending attack is an indication Mr. Lindh may
have been part of the al Qaeda network in addition to fighting on behalf of
the Taliban militia.
A CIA spokesman declined to comment.
Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on
Sunday that Mr. Lindh was providing information.
"He's been pretty close to the action, and he has provided from the
Afghan perspective some useful information," Gen. Myers said on "Fox News
Sunday."
"I think the evidence is pretty strong that he was right in the middle
of it."
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told reporters the American had
provided information that has been "very helpful" to the United States,
including information on the prisoner uprising at Mazar-e-Sharif that led to
the death of CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann.
"Obviously the people who really have the information that we really
want to get are those top al Qaeda leaders and maybe some of the Taliban
leaders and maybe we'll find it in documents in places we are now able to get
into," Mr. Wolfowitz said Sunday.
"But I think anyone who knows anything about that organization is a
potentially valuable source of information."
The Pentagon has not decided how to handle Mr. Lindh and whether he will
be charged with treason.
The U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla., said in a statement that Mr.
Lindh was being treated as an enemy prisoner of war.
Mr. Lindh, 20, was videotaped as he was interrogated by the CIA officer
hours before his death at the hands of rebelling Taliban and al Qaeda
prisoners at a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif. He initially gave his name as
Abdul Hamid.
The Marines are using a large green metal shipping container to hold Mr.
Lindh at their base in southern Afghanistan, according to pool reports from
the base.
Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Stewart Upton said he had no information
about Mr. Lindh being held in the container, which is surrounded by barbed
wire and Marine guards.
A second Marine spokesman, Capt. David Romley, said later that the only
detainee at the camp was Mr. Lindh.
At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters
that valuable intelligence is being collected as U.S. and Afghan opposition
forces take over areas once ruled by the Taliban.
"There's documentation being found and discovered and analyzed and
translated, so that each day we learn more and know more," Mr. Rumsfeld said.
"As more address books are found and phone books are found and computer hard
drives are found as people have left areas, clearly our knowledge base is
going up."
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