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Al-Qaeda woman suspect sent to US
by Sanjay Jha | August 5, 2008 at 12:31 am
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A Pakistani women has been charged with assaulting US officers and employees and attempting to kill US officers and employees and she has been extradited to US for further trial. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each charge. She is accused of being a member of Al-Qaeda.
A Pakistani woman suspected of links with al-Qaeda has been extradited to the US from Afghanistan to face charges of trying to kill American agents.
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, a former US resident, was arrested on 17 July in Afghanistan's Ghazi province.
When US military officials went to pick Mrs Siddiqui up from the detention centre, she fired two rounds at them.
While she did not hit anyone, she was shot in the chest by a US officer who returned fire.
A US attorney said Mrs Siddiqui, who is married with three children and is a former student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is scheduled to appear at New York's Southern District court.
At the time of her arrest, Mrs Siddiqui was carrying documents on how to make explosives and descriptions of various US landmarks, including in New York City, in her handbag, said Michael Garcia, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
August 5, 2008 at 12:31 am by Sanjay Jha, 106 views, 1 comment
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at 02:41 on August 5th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, if Mrs.Siddiqui was in a detention centre at the time of her arrest, how is it that she had access to, or was carrying, a firearm? Also, the story indicates Mrs. Siddiqui was shot in the chest, but does not appear to give any details on her condition. I think this is one story to watch. Thanks for posting it!