Aafia Siddiqui found guilty of attempt to murder interrogating soldiers

Published by You on 4 February, 2010 - 01:19

A US court has found a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while she was detained for questioning in Afghanistan.

The prosecution said Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents.

None of the Americans was injured but Siddiqui, 37, was shot.

She was arrested by Afghan police in July 2008 on suspicion of carrying chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York.

She has been accused of having links to the al-Qaeda leadership and rights groups say she has spent five years in secret US jails.

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Submitted by You on 4 February, 2010 - 17:21

So... has anyone been following this case?

Was she "the grey lady of Baghram"?

Were the charge trumped up?

At the start of her tale, there were two sons, at the end there is one. Where did the other one go?

What happened in the missing years?

How did she disarm trained soldiers from their weaponry? and then how did she, after disarming them not manage to cause any injuries, but get shot herself?

and why is she batshit insane?

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by You on 5 February, 2010 - 15:22

Questions about convicted Pakistani doctor Siddiqui

Despite anger in Pakistan, the conviction of Pakistani doctor Aafia Siddiqui in a US court for the attempted killing of US agents is not going to come as a surprise to anyone.

...But the trial has far from resolved the many questions surrounding Siddiqui since her disappearance from Karachi on 30 March 2003.

On that day she drove out of her home with her three children and was not heard of again until 14 July 2008 when she was produced in front of a group of journalists in the province of Ghazni in Afghanistan.

Five unaccounted years

What happened in those five years is the subject of much speculation.

Afghan security officials said in 2008 that she had been arrested while planning to carry out "a terrorist attack".

The authorities said she was carrying containers of unidentified chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York.

While she was being questioned by US special agents in Afghanistan, US officials said she took up an unattended rifle and shot at the agents.

Although none of the US soldiers or agents in the room was injured in the incident, Siddiqui herself was shot.

She was subsequently flown to New York to be tried for the attempted murder of US officials. She was never charged in connection with any terrorist offences.

But Siddiqui's family denies this version of events.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

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