More details update:
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022077.php
(BOSTON GLOBE)
August 4, 2008
“Al-Qaeda MIT scientist in custody in Afghanistan!”
SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON - Five years after her disappearance, an MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist accused of belonging to an Al Qaeda cell based in Boston, is alive and in custody in Afghanistan, her family’s attorney said yesterday.
“It has been confirmed by the FBI that Aafia Siddiqui is alive,” said Elaine Whitfield Sharp, a lawyer for Siddiqui’s family, who said she spoke to an FBI official on Thursday.”
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C07%5C07%5Cstory_7-7-2008_pg7_13
“‘Pakistani woman detained at Bagram airbase’”
By Muhammad Bilal
ISLAMABAD
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http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2372718194
“Pakistan: ‘Al-Qaeda’ woman in Afghan prison, claims activist”
Karachi, 28 July (AKI)
August 1, 2008
http://sandiego.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/sd080108.htm
“TWO PHYSICIANS PLEAD GUILTY IN INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PHARMACY CONSPIRACY”
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON – Two physicians have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for their participation in an Internet pharmacy business that generated more than $126 million in gross revenues from the illegal sale of prescription pharmaceuticals, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt for the Southern District of California announced today.
Chandresh Shah, M.D., 51, of Smyrna, Ga., pleaded guilty today in San Diego before U.S. District Judge Irma E. Gonzalez to one count of conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $16,674.
On July 8, 2008, Gerald Morris, M.D., 37, of Houston, also pleaded guilty before Judge Gonzalez to one count of conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $52,446.
Shah and Morris were indicted on July 27, 2007, with 16 other defendants for their role in a conspiracy to operate an international online pharmaceutical distribution network known as Affpower. According to the indictment, the Affpower enterprise sold controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs through numerous affiliated Web sites to customers who lacked prescriptions for the drugs from a personal physician. From August 2004 to June 2006, the Affpower enterprise allegedly received more than one million Internet orders for controlled and non-controlled prescription pharmaceuticals from customers in all 50 U.S. states.”
ADDING TO POST NO. 102:
August 4, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/August/08-nsd-687.html
Aafia Siddiqui Arrested for Attempting to Kill United States Officers in Afghanistan
NEW YORK- Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark J. Mershon, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (”FBI”), and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, announced today the arrest of Aafia Siddiqui on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States officers and employees in Afghanistan. Siddiqui arrived in New York this evening and will be presented tomorrow before a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the Complaint filed in Manhattan federal court:
On July 17, 2008, officers of the Ghazni Province Afghanistan National Police (”ANP”) observed Siddiqui outside the Ghazni governor’s compound. ANP officers questioned Siddiqui, regarded her as suspicious, and searched her handbag. In it, they found numerous documents describing the creation of explosives, as well as excerpts from the Anarchist’s Arsenal. Siddiqui’s papers included descriptions of various landmarks in the United States, including in New York City. Siddiqui was also in possession of substances that were sealed in bottles and glass jars.
On July 18, 2008, a party of United States personnel, including two FBI special agents, a United States Army Warrant Officer, a United States Army Captain, and United States military interpreters, arrived at the Afghan facility where Siddiqui was being held. The personnel entered a second floor meeting room — unaware that Siddiqui was being held there, unsecured, behind a curtain.
The Warrant Officer took a seat and placed his United States Army M-4 rifle on the floor next to the curtain. Shortly after the meeting began, the Captain heard a woman yell from the curtain and, when he turned, saw Siddiqui holding the Warrant Officer’s rifle and pointing it directly at the Captain. Siddiqui said, “May the blood of [unintelligible] be directly on your [unintelligible, possibly head or hands].” The interpreter seated closest to Siddiqui lunged at her and pushed the rifle away as Siddiqui pulled the trigger. Siddiqui fired at least two shots but no one was hit. The Warrant Officer returned fire with a 9 mm service pistol and fired approximately two rounds at Siddiqui’s torso, hitting her at least once.
Despite being shot, Siddiqui struggled with the officers when they tried to subdue her; she struck and kicked them while shouting in English that she wanted to kill Americans. After being subdued, Siddiqui temporarily lost consciousness. The agents and officers then rendered medical aid to Siddiqui.
Siddiqui, a 36-year-old Pakistani woman who previously resided in the United States, is charged in a criminal Complaint filed in the Southern District of New York with one count of attempting to kill United States officers and employees and one count of assaulting United States officers and employees. If convicted, Siddiqui faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each charge.
Mr. Garcia praised the investigative work of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (”JTTF”), the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York City Police Department. He also expressed his gratitude to the Office of International Affairs of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of State for their assistance in the case. Mr. Garcia also thanked the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts for their assistance.
Mr. Garcia said that the investigation is continuing.
Assistant United States Attorney Christopher L. Lavigne is in charge of the prosecution.
The charges and allegations contained in the Complaint are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Criminal Complaint
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08-687
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Here is the criminal complaint:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/August/siddiqui-aafia-complaint.pdf
UPDATING POST NO. 102:
BLOG:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193526.php
August 05, 2008
“And So the Lies About Aafia Siddiqui Begin ...”
SNIPPET: “I knew this was coming. The jihadi intertubes and their allies in the “human-rights movement” were all abuzz about “Prisoner 650” prior to the news that Aaifia Siddiqui was captured in Afghanistan on July 17th. According to various “rumors” a woman has been held by the U.S. at Bagram Air Base, tortured, and raped since 2003. Who started the rumor? None other than al Qaeda itself in a video called “Escape from Bagram” in which several al Qaeda members, including Abu Yahya al-Libi himself, claimed they tried to rescue the poor woman from the evil infidels.
Laughable, no? Well, no. Because tens of millions—possibly hundreds of millions—of Muslims actually believe that “Prisoner 650” exists.
Recently several “human rights groups” began to associate “Prisoner 650” with Aaifia Siddiqqui. Based on what? Nothing other than believing that “Prisoner 650” exists, that Siddiqqui was missing and wanted by the FBI, and one of Siddiqqui’s uncles claiming he thought she had been picked up by the ISI for questioning.
If you looked closely at these “human rights groups” you’d see that they were not so much interested in, say, the rights of Tibetans for self-government as they are about getting Khalid Shiekh Mohammad martyr status. The most important being the self-styled “human rights” group at Cage Prisoners who are really a front for the followers of Omar Bakri Mohammed and Abu Hamza. Take a gander at the prisoners they’re trying to get set free and you’ll see names like Johnny Walker Lindh (admitted American Taliban), Jose Padilla (suspected in a plot to commit “dirty bomb” attacks), and, unsurprising, the blind mastermind of the first World Trade Center bombing, Sheikh Omar Abdur Rahman.
Are we getting the picture here?”