By ALLISON HOFFMAN, JPOST CORRESPONDENT, NEW YORK
A Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of three suspected of being a “fixer” for al-Qaida, moving money to support terrorist operations, has been charged with assault and attempted murder in federal court in Manhattan.
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, holds a bachelor’s degree from MIT and a doctorate from Brandeis [...]
Rafia Zakaria
Is it true that Pakistanis find it easier to condemn those unlawful and gruesome acts committed by a defiant superpower than those committed by Pakistani citizens?
Six Pakistani women have fuelled international headlines in the past week. Five of them are the hapless victims of the grotesque live burial that took place in [...]
Aafia Siddiqui [allegedly] Had “Dirty Bomb” & “Mass Casualty Attack” Information & New York Target List in Her Possession
By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
Aafia Siddiqui, the alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda, was indicted by federal authorities in New York today for allegedly attempting to kill the FBI agents, US soldiers, interpreters and others who [...]
..Now we are charging 11 year old children??
Kabul, (ANI): After repeated requests from Islamabad, the Afghanistan Government has reportedly promised to Pakistan to return soon one of the three sons of Pakistani scientist and terror suspect Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was arrested in Afghanistan earlier this month and presently being tried in the US [...]
..This serves to prove a few things, some of which are - how deeply traumatized this poor child is, how long he has been in Afghanistan, and also how terribly afraid he must be.. we in the USA should be so proud of ourselves!
WASHINGTON: Ahmed, the 11-year-old boy said to have been apprehended with Aafia [...]
..Well, considering that Karzai the sock puppet is in the back pocket of Bush the… this shouldn’t be too tough to accomplish…
By Mariana Baabar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has approached the government of Afghanistan to hand over the eldest, eleven-year-old son of the missing Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who according to the US authorities, is in [...]
Source: Human Rights Watch
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author’s alone.
The Afghan government should immediately relinquish 11-year-old Ahmed Siddiqui to the custody of his family, Human Rights Watch said today. Siddiqui, a US citizen, is believed to [...]
After being offline having fallen ill rather quickly - and trying to recover - I went online today to check the news on Aafia. What I saw was so frustrating. I saw various articles. I saw one where they apparently have Aafia’s son in Afghan custody. I saw another where he is allegedly in US [...]
By VOA News
Pakistan’s parliament has demanded the immediate repatriation of a Pakistani woman held in the United States on charges of trying to kill U.S. federal agents in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-educated scientist, was detained by U.S. forces in Afghanistan last month. U.S. authorities extradited Siddiqui to New York this month to face charges of [...]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is seeking consular access and a delegation of parliamentarians will visit the USA to meet Dr Aafia Siddiqi, currently under detention in New York.
Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in his weekly briefing here on Thursday He said that the matter of Dr Aafia Siddiqi’s repatriation to Pakistan had also been taken up [...]
By Zofeen Ebrahim
Fouzia Siddiqi who believes her sister, Aafia, was framed by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agents.
Credit:Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS
KARACHI, Aug 20 (IPS) - ‘’For you it’s just another story. If you want the truth go to Ghazni where you will get more than I can ever tell you about my sister,” said [...]
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: The United States authorities are planning to bring grave charges against Dr Aafia Siddiqui, ranging from money laundering for Al Qaeda to assisting the terrorist group in other ways, including efforts to procure military equipment.
The US security and intelligence authorities also believe that Siddiqui was underground of her own will and accord [...]
Author: Esra’a (Bahrain)
More than 5 years ago, Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neurologist and mother of three was accused without evidence by the U.S government to have links with Al Qaeda (don’t we all?)
Since 9/11 her life and the lives of many innocent Arabs, Muslims, Afghans and Pakistanis within the USA changed for the worse, when [...]
By Maryam Sakeenah
Countercurrents.org
Shortly after the disappearance of young Dr. Afia Siddiqui and her three minor [...]
The Syrian government should immediately release three women detained by state authorities since July 31, 2008, unless they have evidence that these women have committed criminal offenses and intend to try them for these, Human Rights Watch said today.
The women live in al-`Otayba, a village approximately 20 km east of Damascus, and are the wives [...]
The case against Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani MIT graduate and detainee of the US held for over five years under mysterious circumstances, is finally being made public - and looks to fulfill more in a pattern of dubious evidence and maltreatment in the name of the War on Terror.
By Marryam Haleem,
It may be all [...]
July 18th 2008. Ghazni, Afghanistan . This video, obtained by Cageprisoners shows the media conference following the ‘arrest’ of a woman and a teenager identified by Afghan police as Saliha and Ali Ihsan. The US allege that this is Aafia Siddiqui and her 12 year old son, Ahmad.
Aafia Siddiqui was extradited to the US [...]
by Amad
A new chapter in the long and painful saga of the “War on Terror” has been revealed to the public. The facts are murky, the details impossible to confirm.
While there are several possibilities, there is one that most will find almost impossible to believe. We are not ready to believe that Dr. Aafia is [...]
by Tim Bella
Aafia Siddiqui (Credit: AP Photo)
As U.S. and Pakistani officials sort through the confusion following Aafia Siddiqui’s transfer to New York after being charged with trying to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan last month, a key question remains: Where has Siddiqui been for the past five years?
The American-trained [...]
..Here we see a really good example of the manufactured lies about Aafia Siddiqui. This letter from the US Embassy is towing the party line of what we are all supposed to believe, despite the facts that are as plain as day. Any intelligent person can see that, and no intelligent person can buy the [...]
Karachi, Pakistani-American “terror suspect” Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister Dr Fouzia Siddiqui has said that she feared that the US security personnel might kill her in custody, in the same way as they had earlier killed one Saud Memon before he could be produced in court.
Fouzia also accused the Pakistan government of being hands-in-glove with the [...]
Aijaz Zaka Syed I Arab News
JUST when you think Uncle Sam’s war has no more surprises to spring on an unsuspecting world, he comes up with yet another gem.
Take the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who grew up in the US and went to top universities including the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of [...]
By Alan Burke
Staff writer
MARBLEHEAD — Marblehead lawyer Elaine Whitfield Sharp is telling the federal government to “put up or shut up” in the case of an MIT-educated Pakistani woman accused of being the only significant female member of al-Qaida.
Sharp, part of a legal team defending Aafia Siddiqui, has represented Siddiqui’s family for the past [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (APP): Pakistan has asked the United States to hand over to it three children of Dr Aafia Siddqui, who according to media reports are believed to be in the US custody. Pakistan is also seeking repatriation of Ms Siddiqui, a Pakistani national facing charges in a New York district court of attempted [...]
By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Aug 11: A US federal court on Monday postponed Aafia Siddiqui’s bail hearing till Sept 3.
The judge also ordered immediate medical aid for her, asking US authorities to arrange a physcian to see her within 24 hours. The judge had issued a similar order last week as well but her lawyers [...]
Guantanamo Bay News
