Aafia Siddiqui
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Jailed Pakistani a 'treasure trove' of information: report
Tue Aug 12, 11:53 PM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Jailed Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui, charged with trying to murder US officials in Afghanistan, is a "terrorist Mata Hari" and "treasure trove" of information on Al-Qaeda, US officials said in a media report Tuesday.
"She is the most significant capture in five years," former CIA agent John Kiriakou told ABC News, adding that she lives up to her reputation as an "alleged terrorist Mata Hari."
Siddiqui, 36, a frail mother of three who graduated with honors from the prestigious Massachussetts Institute of Technology, was arrested July 17 in Afghanistan, extradited to New York August 4 and indicted the next day on attempted murder.
She was wounded during an alleged shootout with FBI agents and US military officers when she was questioned in Afghanistan. A US court put her in medical care. She was on a 2004 US list of suspects linked to Al-Qaeda.
When she was arrested in Afghanistan, she was in possession of bomb-making instructions, suspicious liquids and, according to ABC, "a one gigabyte digital media storage device" containing emails between terrorist cells.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/indepth/afghanistan/s/afp/080813/world/us_attacks_afghanistan_pakistan_justice
Siddiqui's lawyers said their client was held captive for five years -- possibly in a secret US or allied prison -- and that the attempted murder charges against her were invented as a pretext to bring her to US territory.
Tue Aug 12, 11:53 PM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Jailed Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui, charged with trying to murder US officials in Afghanistan, is a "terrorist Mata Hari" and "treasure trove" of information on Al-Qaeda, US officials said in a media report Tuesday.
"She is the most significant capture in five years," former CIA agent John Kiriakou told ABC News, adding that she lives up to her reputation as an "alleged terrorist Mata Hari."
Siddiqui, 36, a frail mother of three who graduated with honors from the prestigious Massachussetts Institute of Technology, was arrested July 17 in Afghanistan, extradited to New York August 4 and indicted the next day on attempted murder.
She was wounded during an alleged shootout with FBI agents and US military officers when she was questioned in Afghanistan. A US court put her in medical care. She was on a 2004 US list of suspects linked to Al-Qaeda.
When she was arrested in Afghanistan, she was in possession of bomb-making instructions, suspicious liquids and, according to ABC, "a one gigabyte digital media storage device" containing emails between terrorist cells.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/indepth/afghanistan/s/afp/080813/world/us_attacks_afghanistan_pakistan_justice
Siddiqui's lawyers said their client was held captive for five years -- possibly in a secret US or allied prison -- and that the attempted murder charges against her were invented as a pretext to bring her to US territory.
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Indeed ... Smart, AND deadly. Not into the whole religious ideology aspect, though.
"see? look...even your sister could be a terrorist!..."
we need to countermeasure this reality....more spying..
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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