The prosecution said Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents.

None of the Americans was injured but Siddiqui, 37, was shot.

She was arrested by Afghan police in July 2008 on suspicion of carrying chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York.

She has been accused of having links to the al-Qaeda leadership and rights groups say she has spent five years in secret US jails.

A jury in Manhattan found Siddiqui guilty of attempted murder, of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm. She faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

The attempted murder was found not to have been premeditated.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8497251.stm

This is a blatant lie against her and her unjust imprisonment is out of pure hatred against Muslims.

February 3, 2010, New York, NY - The International Justice Network (IJNetwork) represents the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in the United States. Attorneys from IJNetwork have been monitoring her trial, which began on January 19, and ended with a guilty verdict today in U.S. Federal Court in the Southern District of New York.

"Today marks the close of another sad chapter in the life of our sister, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Today she was unjustly found guilty. Though she was not charged with any terrorism-related offense, Judge Berman permitted the prosecution's witnesses to characterize our sister as a terrorist -- which, based on copious evidence, she clearly is not. Today's verdict is one of many legal errors that allowed the prosecution to build a case against our sister based on hate, rather than fact. We believe that as a result, she was denied a fair trial, and today's verdict must be overturned on appeal."

Accusations, accusations nothing more then false accusations! An accusation is enough to send someone to jail. Utter nonsense.

May Allah give her strength and grant her, her freedom.

May Allah give her strength in this time of terrible injustice.

Originally Posted by tw009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8497251.stm

Sounds like a total nutcase. Thank God no one was injured.

Another crock of **** story. FBI agent disarmed by a hijabi? Pull the other one.

interview with her mum (in urdu) very inspiring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6nUUJhbSUc

May Allah destroy our enemies and give strength to our unjustly imprisoned brothers and sisters, ameen

Originally Posted by Supreme

Sounds like a total nutcase. Thank God no one was injured.

Despite the rather desperate wishful thinking in this thread Supreme has it right, I'm afraid. The only 'crock of ****' story seems to have been the defence.

BTW, she didn't 'disarm' anybody; the story says the weapon was unattended.

Ameen to all the duas

Originally Posted by Trumble

Despite the rather desperate wishful thinking in this thread Supreme has it right, I'm afraid. The only 'crock of ****' story seems to have been the defence.

BTW, she didn't 'disarm' anybody; the story says the weapon was unattended.

That still doesn't add up. Why would a gun be left unnatended in such a place. It reeks of stupidity and incompetence. And if that is the case, shame on them!

Yet somehow, without any evidence whatsoever other than the contradictory words of the witnesses, the jury was convinced. So either her lawyer sucked or the jury had already made their mind up. ''Niqabi + death to america chants= terrorist" Probably the latter.

Heck, why was she arrested in the first place? Terrorist documents that they DIDN'T charge her for?

Crock of ****.

ujustice upon unjustice inshallah she will have her justice on the day of judgement. I feel so helpless

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioun

may Allah have mercy on her

THE Powerful Testimony of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

Death to america and death to israel!

O Allah SWT, please help this innocent Muslim sister. O Allah SWT please destroy those animals who have tortured and ruined the life of our beloved sister of Islam

If you saw those pictures of this sister before and how she is now the pain will strike your heart as if an arrow has pierced it.

Brothers and sisters, We (and I say this first and foremost to myself) moan day in day out about how we have it bad but in reality, its nothing compared to the people who are suffering at the hands of the brutal kafir animals!! O Allah SWT Destroy these out of control satanic dogs who have abused and tortured our sister of Islam

This is the first i've heard of her, with every difficulty comes relief and in inshallah hers will be sooner than later.