Aafia Siddiqui allegedly shot at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month.Pakistani terror suspect due in U.S. court -- CNN News
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Pakistani scientist accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month was due to appear before a U.S. magistrate judge Tuesday morning in New York.
Aafia Siddiqui, whom the FBI had sought for several years for terrorism, faces federal charges of attempted murder and assault of a U.S. officer and U.S. employees, federal authorities said.
The 36-year-old American-educated neuroscientist is a suspected member of al Qaeda. If convicted, she faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each charge.
On July 18 Siddiqui shot at two FBI special agents, a U.S. Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters who unknowingly entered a room where she was being held unsecured at an Afghan facility, officials said.
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My Comment: Our image of Al Qaeda is one in which they are males with beards. Poor and uneducated. The reality is the opposite. This case is another of many that shows the real face of Al Qaeda and its terrorist sympathisers.
This just goes to show that people think a woman can't possibly be strong or smart enough to be a terrorist. Her attorney should be ashamed of herself. It isn't hard to miss a target you can't see.
ReplyDeleteAnd the comment about her being left unsecured and behind a curtain? Umm am I wrong but women are not supposed to be seen by non family males in Afghanistan?
Innocent until proven guilty.
ReplyDeleteEver heard of mind-control techniques?
War protestors often are spied on because their values are in direct conflict with those who support war (and often have more power & resources at their disposal). If one *educated* war-protestor can enlighten a group of socially active people, that *one* is a much larger sore in the eyes of those who justify violent means.