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John Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is a United States citizen who was captured as an
enemy combatant during the United States'
2001 invasion of Afghanistan. He is now serving a 20-year prison sentence in connection with his participation in
Afghanistan's Taliban army. He was captured during the
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent Taliban prison uprising during which
Central Intelligence Agency officer
Johnny "Mike" Spann was killed.
Lindh received training at
Al-Farouq, a training camp in Afghanistan associated with
Al-Qaeda. There, he attended a lecture by
Osama bin Laden and is said to have found him "unimpressive". He was not aware of the planned
September 11, 2001 attacks. After the attacks occurred, he continued to stay and fight even after he knew the US was now allied with the Northern Alliance.[SUP]
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[2][/SUP] Lindh had previously received training with
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, an internationally
designated terrorist organization based in
Pakistan.