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Writer who filmed Lindh recalls finding him amid chaos
American writer Robert Young Pelton recounts discovering John Walker Lindh among wounded Taliban at a makeshift hospital in Afghanistan. He describes Lindh as gaunt and frostbitten, speaking haltingly of Washington, D.C., and notes Lindh’s hostile early behavior before agreeing to talk as medical treatment continued.
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