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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