The world demands to know what the U.S government did to Aafia Siddiqui
More than 5 years ago, Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neurologist and mother of three was accused without evidence by the U.S government to have links with Al Qaeda (don't we all?)
Since 9/11 her life and the lives of many innocent Arabs, Muslims, Afghans and Pakistanis within the USA changed for the worse, when the USA began shamelessly discriminating, arresting, and even torturing innocent civilians under the false premise of "national security." Innocent people were undergoing severe torture simply for being "suspects" of terrorism.
According to a BBC article from earlier this month:
Research at the time refused to turn up anything on the status of Aafia Siddiqui - she was not listed as wanted by any federal or Pakistani agency.
At that point, it seemed she had vanished off the face of the earth.
Siddiqui comes from a very well established and educated family, and from what I have been reading, she is seemingly open minded. She even wanted her children to be raised and educated in the USA, which led to disputes with her husband, also a Pakistani who was arrested and questioned by the FBI for buying goggles and some military manuals. Here is her familial background:
Her brother is an architect based in Houston, while Fauzia [her sister] is a neurologist who used to work at Mount Sinai hospital in New York.
Aafia Siddiqui went to school in Karachi and graduated with a biology degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.
Keep in mind that the claims below are nothing but that; baseless claims, and has yet to be evidenced by something other than FBI gossip. Comments within brackets are my own:
In 2004 then-FBI director Robert Mueller announced at a press conference that Aafia Siddiqui was wanted for questioning.
She was later named as part of an alleged al-Qaeda diamond smuggling operation in Liberia. [Because an established neurologist with an MIT degree and three children has enough free time on her hands to organize terrorist movements in Liberia.] Publications such as Newsweek quoted the FBI as saying this was to finance al-Qaeda's biological and chemical weapons programme.
After that, her name remained on the list of disappeared - until she surfaced last month in Afghanistan in US military custody.
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"It is always believed one is innocent until proven guilty, not the other way round," her sister, Fauzia, told reporters in Karachi on Tuesday.
She added that every time she had met US officials, they had said they had never formally accused Aafia Siddiqui of being a terrorist [but arrested and tortured her anyways!]
The article concludes with what is pretty much her only crime:
The answer may lie in her relationship with the family of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Aafia Siddiqui is said to have married Ali Abd'al Aziz Ali, one of his nephews following her divorce. Although her family denies this, the BBC has been able to confirm it from security sources and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's family.
It is an open secret in Karachi, that any member of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's family deemed to be "a 1% threat to US security" is in American custody.
That may be the only "crime" that Aafia Siddiqui has committed.
No evidence of anything else but a romantic link. No record of terrorism or abuse. No proof of her "terrorist activities" whatsoever. She is from an educated family, she has never harmed the USA, she has never committed a crime, and her only supposed link to "terrorism" is her marriage to a "nephew" of whom the USA considers to be a terrorist.
Shame on the U.S government, and to all U.S officials who knew about the injustice of this but remained silent.
This is one of MANY hypocracies when it comes to the USA preaching "democracy and human rights" to countries like Pakistan and the greater Muslim world, especially under this disgusting administration which has ruined and ended the lives of millions of innocent people.
Free Aafia Siddiqui right now, and all your other innocent "suspects."
 New York Daily News | Aafia was set up, says her lawyer Daily Times, Pakistan - Aug 14, 2008 NEW YORK: A lawyer for Dr Aafia Siddiqui accused the US government on Wednesday of setting up her client by planting evidence on her. ...  Video: The case against Aafia Siddiqui - 6 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglish Aafia's bail hearing postponed till Sept 3 Pakistan DawnUS judge orders medical treatment of Aafia Siddiqui Tehran Times Pakistan Dawn - Daily Times all 365 news articles » |
 Boston Globe | Govt seeks repatriation of Dr Aafia's children: FO asks India to ... Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - Aug 13, 2008 By Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Pakistan on Wednesday protested against the detention of Al Qaeda suspect Dr Aafia Siddiqui's three children by the ... Pak diplomats visit Dr Aafia Daily Times Killing of Kashmiris to be taken up with UN: FO —Claims Dr Aafia ... Regional Times Pakistan seeks al-Qaida-linked suspect's children PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) Xinhua - Xinhua all 100 news articles » |
 Sunday Times.lk | Attorney mum on Aafia's children whereabouts Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - Aug 15, 2008 By Masood Haider NEW YORK, Aug 15: Elizabeth Fink, the attorney for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman charged by the US authorities with trying to kill US ... Dr Aafia's court appearance raises questions Daily Times all 4 news articles » |
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