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ALEX PERRY, our New Delhi bureau chief, who reported on the battle of Qala-i-Jangi in late November, returned to Mazar-i-Sharif two weeks ago, only to be called eastward to Kabul to help cover the fighting near Gardez...
...time that bin Laden had ordered the attacks and that additional attacks would follow." That didn't seem to bother Lindh, who continued fighting with the Taliban for weeks, until U.S. bombs forced him and many Taliban to surrender. He eventually wound up at the Qala-i-Jangi prison compound, where CIA officer Johnny Spann tried to get him to talk; shortly afterward, prisoners rioted, killing Spann. Lindh was shot in the leg during the melee, but whether he was involved in the uprising is unclear...
Past Issues Person of the Year Dec. 31, 2001 ----------------- Inside Tora Bora Dec. 24, 2001 ----------------- The Manhunt Dec. 17, 2001 ----------------- Qala-i-Jangi Dec. 10, 2001 ----------------- Unveiled at Last Dec. 3, 2001 ----------------- Hunting bin Laden Nov. 26, 2001 ----------------- First Blood Nov. 19, 2001 ----------------- Al-Qaeda's Reach Nov. 12, 2001 ----------------- War On Two Fronts Nov. 5, 2001 ----------------- The Fear Factor Oct. 29, 2001 ----------------- The War on Terror Oct. 22, 2001 ----------------- Facing the Fury Oct. 15, 2001 ----------------- Preparing for Battle Oct. 8, 2001 ----------------- Target: Bin Laden Oct. 1, 2001 ----------------- America United Sept. 24, 2001 ----------------- Day of Infamy Sept...
Your report on how U.S. forces helped put down a Taliban prisoner-of-war revolt, "Inside the Battle at Qala-i-Jangi," was riveting [TIME EXCLUSIVE, Dec. 10]. Alex Perry's account of the sounds, the smells, the terror and the tragedy inside the Qala-i-Jangi fortress was brilliant, as was his description of the final moments of the ill-fated CIA interrogation of the prisoners. The photographs and graphics highlighted the incisive reporting. Perry has left the competition in the Afghan dust. PATRICK J. SLOYAN Paeonian Springs...
...time of the scam was $700 million and he allegedly stole as much as $400 million in charges from 1993 to 1999. He faces up to three years in prison. CAPTURED. JOHN PHILIP WALKER LINDH, 20, an American who was among 80 Taliban survivors of the Qala-i-Jangi prison revolt; in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Lindh, who gave his name as Abdul Hamid, converted to Islam at 16 and traveled to northern Pakistan via Yemen to study Arabic and the Koran, where his divorced parents had lost touch with him. He faces possible charges of treason, but cannot...