Larry, The Taliban was not the recognized government of Afghanistan. They were not recoginized by the US, and I think a case could be made in a US court that they were indeed a terrorist group. In addition, the Taliban, thier leaders, and thier fighters were aiding and abetting al Queda and John Walker was a Taliban fighter.
Personally I think he will be acquitted of most of the charges. Russel -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:20 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: John Walker will be charged with aiding and abetting terroris ts Worse yet how he is being treated is worse than what Americans who served with the German army in WW2. There is no evidence aside from association that he engaged in any actual actions against American forces. Moreover he also stated that he was given a basic choice, go through martyrdom training and attack the US or US interests or serve as a foot soldier for the Taliban. Obviously he chose to serve as a Taliban soldier. While he can be convicted for serving in a foreign army (yes its illegal for US citizens to do such), I do not see how he can be convicted of aiding and abetting a terrorist organization, since he was with the Taliban (the government of Afghanistan at the time) and not a part of Al Queda. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: John Walker will be charged with aiding and abetting > terrorists > > > See .. now there's a problem .. I don't know how anyone > expects the man to > get a fair trial in this country. The media has already convicted him > several times over. > > http://villagevoice.com/issues/0201/cotts.php > > Todd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:18 AM > Subject: RE: John Walker will be charged with aiding and > abetting terrorists > > > > Get a rope! > > > > Mark > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:07 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: John Walker will be charged with aiding and > abetting terrorists > > > > > > Can you say screwed? > > > > > > -- Taliban American John Walker will be charged with aiding and > > abetting terrorists, administration sources say. > > Watch CNN or log on to http://CNN.com /AOL Keyword: CNN > for the latest > > news. > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
