Pakistani woman charged in NY with soldier attack

[951-Riverside]

Source: The Associated Press

An MIT-educated Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate has been brought to New York to face charges she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers during an interrogation in Afghanistan, federal prosecutors said.

Aafia Siddiqui, who was shot and wounded last month during the confrontation, was expected to be arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan on charges of attempted murder and assault, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said in a statement. A lawyer for her family said the allegations are false.

Siddiqui, 36, was stopped by Afghan police on July 17 outside a government building, according to a criminal complaint. Police searched her handbag and discovered documents containing recipes for explosives and chemical weapons and describing "various landmarks in the United States, including New York City," according to the complaint, which did not identify the landmarks.

The next day, as a team of FBI agents and U.S. military officers prepared to question her, Siddiqui grabbed a rifle, pointed it at an Army captain and yelled that she wanted blood, prosecutors said. An interpreter pushed the rifle aside as she fired two shots, which missed, they said. One of two shots fired by a soldier in response hit her in the torso.

Even after being hit, Siddiqui struggled and shouted in English "that she wanted to kill Americans" before the officers subdued her, the complaint said.

Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_al_qaida_suspect_shooting.html

[babylonsister]

1. I so want to hear the truth about this. Will we ever know if this is

the truth, or if Aafia Siddiqui did anything, was set up, is alive, what happened?

[madeline_con]

2. Siddiqui means truthful. (In Saudi dialect, friend.)

:(

According to Wikipedia:

"Her ex-husband, anæsthesiologist Mohammed Amjad Khan, is now working as a physician at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Khan and Siddiqui are divorced following vehement disagreements over how their three children should be educated. Siddiqui wanted the children to be educated in the West and to live in America. Khan wanted the children to be educated in Pakistan under strict Muslim supervision. Khan's family lives in a wealthy compound in Karachi."

It's well known that Muslim extremists want their kids educated in the west. :sarcasm:

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