'american Taliban' Arrives Back In U.S.
'American Taliban' Arrives Back in U.S.
By LARRY MARGASAK
.c The Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Jan. 23) - John Walker Walker, the young Muslim convert accused of joining al-Qaida soldiers in Afghanistan, returned to the United States Wednesday under FBI custody to face criminal charges that he conspired to kill fellow Americans.
Walker flew back aboard a military cargo plane amid high secrecy and tight security, roughly two years after he left the United States for Yemen to study Arabic and Islam. He was captured in Afghanistan after a November uprising by Taliban prisoners in which a CIA officer was killed.
Walker's flight landed at Dulles International Airport, just outside Washington, said a law enforcement official, speaking on the grounds of anonymity. The plane, with a large American flag painted on its tail, landed on one of the airport's primary runways.
The FBI alleges in court papers that Walker in June became a foot soldier for Osama bin Laden,......
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