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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (4928)	12/3/2001 1:58:30 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

I don't know what his stand is on US citizenship....perhaps he has renounced? I just don't know.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (4928)	12/3/2001 2:20:53 PM
From: SmoothSail	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

It's an interesting question. This kid converted to Islam when he was 16 - he's now 20. He went to Pakistan 2 years ago ago to study at a religious school. He claims to have spent the past 6 months fighting for the Taliban. His parents both thought their son looked drugged and claim he's been brainwashed, coerced into joining the fight. I saw the interview on TV. He's been identified as being from California. His accent made me think he was European. He said, "The Taliban are the only government that actually provides Islamic law." So here's a kid from an upper middle class background who is chasing a spiritual life and probably thought he'd found it with the Taliban. He's 20 and probably pretty naive, actually believing he's found God. You have to look at motive. How much would he know about what the Taliban were actually doing? Do you think he had a clue about 9-11? He's told by his spiritual leaders that he has to fight for his religion against these northern invaders and it probably made sense to him. What to do with him. If they bring him back and put him on trial - public trial - his parents can afford to hire top attorneys and they will turn him into a sympathetic lost little boy who had no idea about what the Taliban and Al Queda were doing in other places around the world. He simply thought he was fighting for his religion against those foreign invaders from the north. Now if it's a military tribunal, this is the case that will cause the biggest outburst from those that are against the those trials. Afterall, they've been described as military courts that will try foreign enemies and terrorists. Can he be described as foreign, an enemy or a terrorist? It will be interesting to see what they do with him and how they handle the situation. He will have the opportunity to test his faith when he starts dealing with the pent up anger of the American public and his military handlers.