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American Taliban interview -CNN

Ethan Hawke

11:05 / 20.12.01

Anyone else see this? Why on earth was this kid talking with some sort of strange accent and weird ass grammar. He sounded I dunno, Russian or something.

We're The Great Old Ones Now

14:40 / 20.12.01

[awed silence]

Ethan Hawke

15:10 / 20.12.01

No, I'm serious. You don't forget how to speak your native language all of the sudden by spending 6 months overseas. This guy was all over the place. His intonation and emphasis were all wrong, some of the articles got switched, and he had a noticeable accent when speaking in English.

Maybe he's not American...maybe it is someone posing as John Walker. I don't know, you guys out-conspiracied me in the OBL Tape thread. This guy is far more suspicious to me for whatever reason.

[ 20-12-2001: Message edited by: Todd is my Co-pilot ]

Francine I

15:48 / 20.12.01

What would be the significance of an American Taliban posuer? Precisely what did he say? Can you link to a transcript? This is somewhat interesting, methinks. And, I have to say, Todd's right -- you don't lose cadence after six months. If you grow up speaking English, you'll be back to it no time -- same goes for any other language.

Hmm.

darknes

17:26 / 20.12.01

I maintain that there's a lot nmore to "Taliban John" Walker than anyone knows yet...CIA anyone? i've seen it reported that the CIA/army interviewed all of those prisoners in that fortress at Mazar-e-Sharif, before the revolt, but no report of an american till a week later...and a CIA agent died in that uprising, right? all a bit too much for me, especially after the UBL tape debunking session i waded through yesterday...

MJ-12

18:57 / 20.12.01

<toneless>John Walker is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.</toneless>

Dao Jones

07:09 / 21.12.01

You know, not every asshole in the world works for the CIA, tempting though it is to think otherwise.

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