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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 18 > Parents ask Bush to set ‘American Taliban’ free

Parents ask Bush to set ‘American Taliban’ free

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
December 18, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh are asking President George W. Bush to set their son free before Bush leaves office next month.

Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2002 to serving in the Taliban army, which....

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