Thank you again - so so so much!! :-) Lara Ancientwarrior67777 wrote: > > > ok Linda I will light a candle for /Aafia Siddiqui and for /Noureddine > Malki. > > peace to you > > Lara > / A person who wants to learn will always find a teacher./ > // > /Persian proverb/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Linda Ghaliyaa Richard <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:26:39 PM > *Subject:* Re: [bangla-vision] Details emerge on woman accused of > al-Qaida ties > > Yes we do. In large numbers - still. In fact, the abuse has worsened > since Obama took power. :-( > > But I know what you meant. Please make duaa for this sister. Please > also make duaa for Noureddine Malki who has an appeal coming up on the > 9th. > > Lara Ancientwarrior67777 wrote: > >> *Well damn, isnt the CIA also has Al Qaida ties? Of coarse they >> have.. but we dont see the CIA in Gitmo. * >> ** >> ** >> ** >> *Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties* >> >> FILE - In this July 17, 2008 file photo, Aafia Siddiqui, possible >> al-Qaida >> <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/FILE----July-17-2008-file-photo-Aafia-Siddiqui/photo//090704/481/92a393be56544ae0bae19863164bab83//s:/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting;_ylt=AhT2wHE.14si4pgJQUWltaJH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5MHNmbGFrBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDZmlsZS1pbnRoaXNq> >> AP -- FILE - In this July 17, 2008 file photo, Aafia Siddiqui, >> possible al-Qaida associate is seen in the ... >> >> >> By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer Larry Neumeister, >> Associated Press Writer -- Sat Jul 4, 6:49 pm ET >> >> NEW YORK -- A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida >> operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions >> of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist says, >> disputing claims that the scientist had spent those years in the >> custody of foreign authorities. >> >> >> >> Newly public court documents contain reports by psychologists who >> treated Aafia Siddiqui after she was arrested in Afghanistan in July >> 2008 and was charged with taking a gun and shooting at U.S. soldiers >> and FBI agents. She was shot in the abdomen in the encounter. >> >> >> >> The testimony of the mental health experts will be at issue beginning >> Monday at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to determine >> whether the 37-year-old Pakistani is competent to stand trial. >> >> >> >> Defense lawyers for Siddiqui are challenging her competency for >> trial, citing the conclusions of an expert who found she is suffering >> from delusional disorder and depression. >> >> >> >> Prosecutors cite reports by psychologists who say Siddiqui's behavior >> reflects malingering, the intentional production of grossly >> exaggerated psychological symptoms aimed at getting a result, such as >> avoiding trial. >> >> >> >> Leslie Powers, a forensic psychologist, wrote in a document dated May >> 4 and put in the court's public file late Thursday that new >> information helps show Siddiqui was living freely in Pakistan and >> Afghanistan from 2003 to 2008. >> >> >> >> Some of Siddiqui's supporters and her former lawyers had argued she >> had likely been taken into custody by foreign military intelligence >> authorities during those years and was subjected to torture, sexual >> abuse and beatings. >> >> >> >> Siddiqui earned an undergraduate degree in biology from MIT in 1995 >> and a doctorate in neuroscience from Brandeis University in 2001. She >> left the United States in June 2002 with her three children. >> >> >> >> Powers wrote that Siddiqui has told the FBI that she worked at the >> Karachi Institute of Technology in 2005, that she tried to look for >> her husband in Afghanistan in the winter of 2007 and that she stayed >> for a time in Quetta, Pakistan. >> >> >> >> The psychologist also wrote that Siddiqui's ex-husband, Mohammad >> Amjad Khan, reported seeing either her or their children on several >> occasions in 2003, 2004 and 2005. >> >> >> >> "While her accounts of her time are incomplete, her statements and >> other facts gathered seem to corroborate that she was not held >> captive from 2003 until 2008," Powers said. >> >> >> >> Powers said Siddiqui was interviewed at length by the FBI for several >> days after her arrest on July 18, 2008. >> >> She said FBI agents who accompanied Siddiqui on her 20-hour flight to >> the United States last Aug. 4 reported that she showed no signs of >> psychosis or psychological distress and that she was fully oriented >> and talkative throughout the trip. >> >> >> >> Powers and two other experts have concluded Siddiqui is competent for >> trial. >> >> >> >> In a defense exhibit, psychologist L. Thomas Kucharski, chairman of >> the Department of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, >> concluded that Siddiqui suffers from delusional disorder and is >> depressed. >> >> He said her delusions "include the belief that the court is part of a >> conspiracy to have her killed, tortured and/or have her witness the >> torture of her children." >> >> >> >> He added: "She believes that the outcome of her trial is >> predetermined; that she will get the death penalty and has stated to >> this evaluator that there is no need to go to trial or work with her >> attorneys in her defense because of this predetermination. She >> required that I inform the court to just impose the death penalty or >> whatever penalty it chooses and to not bother her with the formality >> of proceedings. " >> >> >> >> Gregory B. Saathoff, an associate professor in psychiatric medicine >> at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, said delusions >> Siddiqui had had involving flying infants, dark angels, a dog in her >> cell and children visiting her in her room were largely resolved >> after she believed she was found incompetent to stand trial. >> >> >> >> Sally C. Johnson, a professor in the psychiatry department at the >> University of North Carolina, wrote in a March 16 report that >> Siddiqui's medical problems have been treated and stabilized. >> >> >> >> Johnson said Siddiqui has given vague accounts of her whereabouts >> from 2003 to 2008, saying she was given shelter by different people. >> >> >> >> Johnson said Siddiqui has also given varying accounts of where her >> children were during those years but told one agent that sometimes >> one has to take up a cause that is more important than one's children. >> >> >> >> Johnson left a warning at the end of her report, saying that in spite >> of Siddiqui's frail and timid appearance --- she has weighed as >> little as 90 pounds --- "her potential for aggression towards herself >> or others might be underestimated. " >> >> >> >> She cited reports that Siddiqui had taken actions to try to escape >> from custody before she was transferred to the United States. Johnson >> recommended that adequate care be taken to protect Siddiqui. >> >> >> >> "Given her expressed degree of devotion to her belief system," she >> wrote, "it is possible that she could perceive herself as a martyr >> for a cause." >> >> >> >> http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ap/20090704/ ap_on_re_ us/us_al_ >> qaida_suspect_ shooting >> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_al_qaida_suspect_shooting> >> >> >> >> >> / A person who wants to learn will always find a teacher./ >> // >> /Persian proverb/ >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Linda > *http://freedetainees.org/ > "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, > and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd > here While these visions did appear..." > - William Shakespeare > * > > > > >
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