Dr Afia Siddiqui "The Grey Ghost Lady of Bagram"

[ejaz007]

Holding her hostage for that many years itself is a torture. Today they have acknowledged she is alive soon story about her tortured will be revealed.

Sad isn't it that one dictators decisions has destroyed lives of so many. God knows what happened to her children.

If they had any proof against her she should have been prosecuted. This is another example of US double standard, on the one hand they want justice for all and on the other hand hold people against their will.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

 

[dabong1]

What I doubt is that she's even in US custody, since 1) noone has presented any evidence, not even her family know 2) Yvonne Ridley said it, which probably means it's untrue.

PERHAPS. Perhaps, the world is flat too, though it is unlikely. PERHAPS the wailer is Dr Siddiqui, though it's unlikely.

Oh right. Ridley implies something based on some grey ghoul wailing out to her in the middle of the night, and you believe it. Funnily enough, I work for a lottery company, and you have just won $2 million dollars. PM me the details, and you'll be a very rich man!

What information has surfaced to suggest that she was "kidnapped by the Americans", except an accusation?

FYI, I'm not totally disregarding it, I'm saying there's 1 in a million chance it might be true, along with that she might have just been murdered and so on. What about all the innocent men being held there, under much worse conditions?

Assumed because Ridley says so. Oh yes, that's really all the proof we need. Believing compulsive liars and opportunists that get thousands of buckaroos off the back of killing some of their guides and converting while in the process making lavish amounts of money.

Let's not obfuscate issues.

"Funnily enough, I work for a lottery company, and you have just won $2 million dollars."

"I'm saying there's 1 in a million chance it might be true, "


ISLAMABAD: Five years after her disappearance, MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist, accused of belonging to an Al-Qaeda cell based in Boston, is alive and in custody in Afghanistan, as her family attorney said, “It has been confirmed by the FBI that Aafia Siddiqi is alive.

Talking to Geo News on phone from US, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, a lawyer for Siddiqi’s family said she spoke to an FBI official on August 1, who said, “She is injured but alive, and she is in Afghanistan, but the officials didn’t tell under whose custody Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is held at present.”

Elaine Whitfield Sharp said that she herself and Aafia’s family were worried about the well being of the held Aafia. To a question, She said that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s family members were longing for meeting Aafia and getting confirmed that it was actually Aafia besides for her release.

The lawyer further said that US officials and the US embassy in Afghanistan have been approached through post, e-mail and telephone requesting grant of permission to her family members meeting Aafia, but to no avail thus far. On the other hand, her family members have started receiving threats after the filing a case for the recovery of Dr. Aafia in the Islamabad High Court.

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui under custody in Afghanistan: Lawyer

Perhaps, the world is flat

 

[salman nedian]

I am speechless!

Really feeling ashamed

 

[dabong1]

The US cannot disprove or offer an alternative explanation because they don't know what on earth Ridley is on about. And I'm inclined to agree with their position.

Talking to Geo News on phone from US, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, a lawyer for Siddiqi’s family said she spoke to an FBI official on August 1, who said, “She is injured but alive, and she is in Afghanistan, but the officials didn’t tell under whose custody Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is held at present.”

 

[ejaz007]

Afia Siddiqui flown to US for trial
* Scientist has never been in US custody until her arrest on July 21
By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: Dr Afia Siddiqui, “missing” with her three children from Karachi for six years, was underground in Pakistan and Afghanistan all this time.

She was arrested on July 21 this year from Kabul and has been flown to the United States to face terrorism-related charges.

A call made to the State Department on Monday for comment was not returned.

Contrary to several newspaper reports over the years, including recent ones, Dr Siddiqui has never been in Pakistani custody and neither in that of the US, until her arrest barely two weeks ago. She left the US in early 2003 as the net around her was tightening, since she was believed to be involved in offering her scientific expertise and other help to Al Qaeda or related groups.

Dr Siddiqui, along with her three children, took a cab from her mother’s house in Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Karachi on March 30, 2003, to take a flight for Rawalpindi, but never arrived at the airport. The family, it appears, was not unaware of Dr Siddiqui’s whereabouts although it kept claiming otherwise.

On April 1, 2003, the then interior minister Faisal Saleh Hayat denied Pakistani authorities had arrested the scientist. He was reported to have said a day later that Dr Siddiqui was connected to Al Qaeda and was absconding.

Dr Siddiqui, who spent 10 years at prestigious American academic institutions, completing her PhD in genetics, returned to Pakistan in 2002 but went back to the US in February 2003, apparently to look for a job appropriate to her qualifications. She returned to Karachi by the end of February 2003 after renting a post office box in her name in Maryland for receipt of her mail. It has been claimed by the FBI that the box was hired for Majid Khan, allegedly a member of Al Qaeda residing in Baltimore.

At the time, NBC reported that the Pakistani scientist had been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of facilitating money transfers for the terror networks of Osama Bin Laden, a report her mother called “absurd”.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

Another twist to the story.

 

[Spring Onion]

Allah Subhana Watalllah is most mercyful.

May Allah Bless all those who have fought for Dr Afia the briliant Muslim Pakistani lady.

Sham on those who have tortured her and kept in illegal custody for 4 years.


I hope the Human Rights Organizations from US will also come up for seeking justice for her.

 

[ejaz007]

Dr.Afia shifted to US
Updated at: 1015 PST, Tuesday, August 05, 2008


WASHINGTON: A Pakistani scientist Dr. Afia Siddiqui accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month has been extradited to the United States.

According to US media reports, onn July 18 Siddiqui shot at two FBI special agents, a U.S. Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters who unknowingly entered a room where she was being held unsecured at an Afghan facility.

The warrant officer returned fire with a pistol, shooting Siddiqui at least once. She struggled with the officers before she lost consciousness, and was then given medical attention.

US officials said that Afia Siddiqui was arrested outside the Ghazni governor's compound where they found bomb-making instructions, excerpts from the "Anarchist's Arsenal," papers with descriptions of U.S. landmarks and substances sealed in bottles and glass jars.

Dr.Afia shifted to US

Strange news report. She was in custody yet managed to shoot FBI agents.

 

[Spring Onion]

New York (CNN): A Pakistani accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month has been extradited to the United States, federal prosecutors said Monday…Aafia Siddiqui -- who had been sought by the FBI for several years regarding terrorism --- now faces federal charges of attempted murder and assault of a U.S. officer and U.S. employees, federal authorities said….Authorities say Siddiqui shot at two FBI special agents, a U.S. Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters who unknowingly entered a room where she was being held unsecured.
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pathatic moroons the FBI terrorists how can a woman who is detained as per own WESTERN media could have weapon ???? and how can she fire at FBI men while in the custody of FBI itself????????????

 

[Spring Onion]

AHRC-STM-204-2008
August 4, 2008

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission

FBI is responsible for disappearances, illegal detention and torture

On 24th July the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an Urgent Appeal in the case of the disappearance of a lady doctor. The UA, PAKISTAN/USA: A lady doctor remains missing with her three children five years after her arrest, may be seen at: PAKISTAN/USA: A lady doctor remains missing with her three children five years after her arrest

The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), initially admitted that they had arrested Dr. Afia and then later denied it. Now, due to the coverage of the UA both in Pakistan and internationally, the FBI has now announced that “Dr. Afia Siddiqui is alive, she is in Afghanistan but she is injured”. No further details have been provided and the AHRC is especially concerned about the three children who were also abducted along with her. It is reported that after receiving hundreds of responses to the UA initiated by the AHRC, the American and Pakistani authorities were compelled to issue information of the whereabouts of Afia Siddiqui who had been missing for five years after being arrested by the Pakistani Intelligence Agency. Acting on the information received, the AHRC in its appeal suspected that Dr. Afia is being kept in Bagram jail, Afghanistan, and that because of severe torture, had lost her mind. At this point people responded in their hundreds which pressured the American authorities. On 1st August an FBI official visited the house of Dr. Afia’s brother in Houston to deliver the news that she is alive and in custody, Ms. Elaine Whitfield Sharp, Dr. Afia’s lawyer, said that FBI officials would not say exactly who is holding her or reveal the fate of her three young, American-born children.

After the confirmation from the American FBI that she is in Afghanistan and that she is injured, the entire responsibility for Dr. Afia’s abduction, being held incommunicado for five years, her torture, illegal detention, illegal handing over to a foreign country and the fate of her three children, lies squarely with the FBI.

The Asian Human Rights Commission urges the UN Human Rights Commission and other Human Rights offices to start an immediate probe into the illegal arrest and detention of Dr. Afia and immediately investigate the situation of the children. The government of America,Afghanistan and Pakistan must bring the perpetrators of such gross human rights violations to trial. NATO, America and its allied forces should be asked to immediately release Dr. Afia Siddiqui and her three children and provide mental and physical rehabilitation to the victims along with substantial compensation.
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About AHRC: The Asian Human Rights Commission is a regional non-governmental organisation monitoring and lobbying human rights issues in Asia. The Hong Kong-based group was founded in 1984.

 

[Logic note]

Pakistani accused of shooting at U.S. officers extradited to U.S. - CNN.com

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Pakistani scientist accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month has been extradited to the United States, federal prosecutors said Monday.


Aafia Siddiqui allegedly shot at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month.

Aafia Siddiqui, who the FBI had sought for several years for terrorism, faces federal charges of attempted murder and assault of a U.S. officer and U.S. employees, federal authorities said.

The 36-year-old Siddiqui is an American-educated neuroscientist and a suspected member of al Qaeda. If convicted, she faces a maximum of 20 years on each charge.

On July 18 Siddiqui shot at two FBI special agents, a U.S. Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters who unknowingly entered a room where she was being held unsecured at an Afghan facility, officials said.

Siddiqui was behind a curtain when she used an officer's rifle to shoot at the group, officials said. She shot twice but hit no one, they said. The warrant officer returned fire with a pistol, shooting Siddiqui at least once. She struggled with the officers before she lost consciousness, and was then given medical attention.

The day before the shootings, Afghan police arrested Siddiqui outside the Ghazni governor's compound where they found bomb-making instructions, excerpts from the "Anarchist's Arsenal," papers with descriptions of U.S. landmarks and substances sealed in bottles and glass jars, U.S. officials said Monday.

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Since 2003, Siddiqui's whereabouts were the source of much speculation. She and her three small children were reportedly apprehended in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2003 after the FBI issued an alert for information about her location earlier that month, according to Amnesty International.

It was the first time the FBI issued a worldwide alert for a woman in connection to al Qaeda.

Several reports indicated that Siddiqui was arrested in Karachi in 2003 and was in U.S. custody at a base outside Kabul, Afghanistan. And initial reports from U.S. officials said Pakistani officials indicated she was in custody there.

But the FBI later said she was missing, and in May 2004 then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller identified Siddiqui among several sought-after al Qaeda members.

However, Amnesty International included her on a June 2007 list as someone for whom there was "evidence of secret detention by the United States and whose fate and whereabouts remain unknown."

Government sources have said that al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed named Siddiqui among al Qaeda's operatives

 

[Logic note]

Pakistani accused of shooting at U.S. officers extradited to U.S. - CNN.com

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Pakistani scientist accused of shooting at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month has been extradited to the United States, federal prosecutors said Monday.


Aafia Siddiqui allegedly shot at U.S. officers while in Afghan custody last month.

Aafia Siddiqui, who the FBI had sought for several years for terrorism, faces federal charges of attempted murder and assault of a U.S. officer and U.S. employees, federal authorities said.

The 36-year-old Siddiqui is an American-educated neuroscientist and a suspected member of al Qaeda. If convicted, she faces a maximum of 20 years on each charge.

On July 18 Siddiqui shot at two FBI special agents, a U.S. Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters who unknowingly entered a room where she was being held unsecured at an Afghan facility, officials said.

Siddiqui was behind a curtain when she used an officer's rifle to shoot at the group, officials said. She shot twice but hit no one, they said. The warrant officer returned fire with a pistol, shooting Siddiqui at least once. She struggled with the officers before she lost consciousness, and was then given medical attention.

The day before the shootings, Afghan police arrested Siddiqui outside the Ghazni governor's compound where they found bomb-making instructions, excerpts from the "Anarchist's Arsenal," papers with descriptions of U.S. landmarks and substances sealed in bottles and glass jars, U.S. officials said Monday.

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Since 2003, Siddiqui's whereabouts were the source of much speculation. She and her three small children were reportedly apprehended in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2003 after the FBI issued an alert for information about her location earlier that month, according to Amnesty International.

It was the first time the FBI issued a worldwide alert for a woman in connection to al Qaeda.

Several reports indicated that Siddiqui was arrested in Karachi in 2003 and was in U.S. custody at a base outside Kabul, Afghanistan. And initial reports from U.S. officials said Pakistani officials indicated she was in custody there.

But the FBI later said she was missing, and in May 2004 then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller identified Siddiqui among several sought-after al Qaeda members.

However, Amnesty International included her on a June 2007 list as someone for whom there was "evidence of secret detention by the United States and whose fate and whereabouts remain unknown."

Government sources have said that al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed named Siddiqui among al Qaeda's operatives

 

[JK!]

I'd have more sympathy for the case if only it wasn't championed by Yvonne Ridley who annoys the bejesus out of me.

But the holding of a woman and potentially her children without trial in conditions that would make Abu Ghraib look like a kids summer camp does not sit easy with me. For all the US talk of championing human rights and democracy they have yet again proven to be hypocrites and to borrow Bush's term "an axis of evil" .

However, at the moment theres too many people peddling their 2 cents on this case so I await all the facts to be fully revealed.

 

[JK!]

This story of her shooting at her captors who are trained military and law enforcement personnel is a load of BS.

How on earth did the prisoner gain hold of a weapon when surrounded by such individuals?

It reminds me of that case in France where an immigrant youth in custody of French police was shot dead by some racist officer who said the kid was a threat despite the boy being handcuffed to a radiator.

 

[Skywalker]

The irony is that they are trying to come with loads of BS in order to justify her arrest. It looks like that apparently they have no idea what to do now and they come up with a stupid baseless justification that she tried to kill the officers..Inshallah she will be back among her own people. God bless her and her kids.

 

[batmannow]

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Aafia Siddiqui Arrested for Attempting to Kill United States Officers in Afghanistan NEW YORK- Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark J. Mershon, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, announced today the arrest of Aafia Siddiqui on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States officers and employees in Afghanistan. Siddiqui arrived in New York this evening and will be presented tomorrow before a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the Complaint filed in Manhattan federal court:
On July 17, 2008, officers of the Ghazni Province Afghanistan National Police ("ANP") observed Siddiqui outside the Ghazni governor's compound. ANP officers questioned Siddiqui, regarded her as suspicious, and searched her handbag. In it, they found numerous documents describing the creation of explosives, as well as excerpts from the Anarchist's Arsenal. Siddiqui's papers included descriptions of various landmarks in the United States, including in New York City. Siddiqui was also in possession of substances that were sealed in bottles and glass jars.
On July 18, 2008, a party of United States personnel, including two FBI special agents, a United States Army Warrant Officer, a United States Army Captain, and United States military interpreters, arrived at the Afghan facility where Siddiqui was being held. The personnel entered a second floor meeting room -- unaware that Siddiqui was being held there, unsecured, behind a curtain.
The Warrant Officer took a seat and placed his United States Army M-4 rifle on the floor next to the curtain. Shortly after the meeting began, the Captain heard a woman yell from the curtain and, when he turned, saw Siddiqui holding the Warrant Officer's rifle and pointing it directly at the Captain. Siddiqui said, "May the blood of [unintelligible] be directly on your [unintelligible, possibly head or hands]." The interpreter seated closest to Siddiqui lunged at her and pushed the rifle away as Siddiqui pulled the trigger. Siddiqui fired at least two shots but no one was hit. The Warrant Officer returned fire with a 9 mm service pistol and fired approximately two rounds at Siddiqui's torso, hitting her at least once.
Despite being shot, Siddiqui struggled with the officers when they tried to subdue her; she struck and kicked them while shouting in English that she wanted to kill Americans. After being subdued, Siddiqui temporarily lost consciousness. The agents and officers then rendered medical aid to Siddiqui.

Siddiqui, a 36-year-old Pakistani woman who previously resided in the United States, is charged in a criminal Complaint filed in the Southern District of New York with one count of attempting to kill United States officers and employees and one count of assaulting United States officers and employees. If convicted, Siddiqui faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each charge.
Mr. Garcia praised the investigative work of the Joint Terrorism Task Force ("JTTF"), the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York City Police Department. He also expressed his gratitude to the Office of International Affairs of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of State for their assistance in the case. Mr. Garcia also thanked the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts for their assistance.
Mr. Garcia said that the investigation is continuing.

Assistant United States Attorney Christopher L. Lavigne is in charge of the prosecution.

The charges and allegations contained in the Complaint are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Criminal Complaint

This, is the official copy of the notification from DEPT. OF JUSTICE USA,

PAKISTANI govt. not doing anything why???