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    Pakistani woman charged with attacking Americans

    NEW YORK — An MIT-educated Pakistani woman linked to al-Qaida appeared in federal court Tuesday to face charges she tried to kill U.S. employees in a gunfight in Afghanistan after police said they discovered suspicious documents about explosives and landmarks in her handbag.

    Aafia Siddiqui, wearing a burgundy head scarf and recovering from a gunshot wound, was ordered held without bail on one count each of attempted murder and assault stemming from the July incident. She had been arrested Monday in Afghanistan and flown to New York to be formally charged.

    "Your honor, she's been shot," a defense attorney told a federal magistrate when asked to explain why her client preferred not to stand during the hearing. "She has a wound, and it's oozing."


    Recipes for explosives
    Magistrate Ronald Ellis set a Monday hearing to determine whether Siddiqui should be released on bail. He also said he would ask prison officials to make sure she was receiving proper care.

    Prosecutors allege Siddiqui, 36, was stopped by police on July 17 outside a government building in central Afghani-stan's Ghazni province. Officers 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 a criminal complaint.

    Siddiqui also was carrying "chemical substances in gel and liquid form that were sealed in bottles and glass jars," the complaint said without elaborating.

    The next day, as a team of FBI agents and U.S. military officers prepared to question Siddiqui, she snatched a soldier's rifle and pointed it at an Army captain, 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 a hip.

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

    At the time of the incident, Afghan officials gave conflicting accounts of what transpired between Siddiqui and the U.S. interrogators.

    Gen. Khan Mohammad Mujahid, police chief in central Ghazni province, initially said police argued with the Americans over giving up custody of Siddiqui. But he later said there was no argument and that the woman lunged at one of the U.S. soldiers, drawing the gunshot.

    U.S. military officials declined comment at the time.

    On Tuesday, an Afghan official in Ghazni said the woman took the weapon while U.S. officials were arguing with Afghan security official over the custody rights. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the issue.

    At a 2004 news conference, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller identified Siddiqui as one of seven people the FBI wanted to question about their suspected ties to al-Qaida — an allegation her family has vehemently denied.
    Though they never alleged Siddiqui was a full-fledged member of al-Qaida, U.S. authorities said they believed she could be a "fixer," someone with knowledge of the United States who supported other operatives trying to slip into the country and plot attacks.

    If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison on each charge.

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    How ironic! This woman was educated at one of this countries finest institutions, only to go back to her country of orgin and allegedly use that fine education to the detriment of America and our citizens.


    This is the thanks this country gets for allowing these people into our country to attend our universities and colleges.
    I have a real problem with that...
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    Related earlier thread at

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    Hey Zeezil, I think I found a lady that could really use a date. You interested in a hardship case?

    This one is a real "fire cracker"

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