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Terror Networks
What does Zawahiri really want?
2014-09-16
[DAWN] AS propagandists of the so-called Islamic State continued to revel in the beheadings of helpless men this week -- a British aid worker in their custody being the latest casualty -- it was equally alarming to hear a reference to Aafia Siddiqui
...American-educated Pak cognitive neuroscientist who was convicted of assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan. In September 2010, she was sentenced to 86 years in jug after a three-ring trial. Siddiqui, using the alias Fahrem or Feriel Shahin, was one of six alleged al-Qaeda members who bought $19 million worth of blood diamonds in Liberia immediately prior to 9-11-01. Since her incarceration Paks have taken her to their heart and periodically erupt into demonstrations, while the government tries to find somebody to swap for her...
 by the masked killer of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist to be decapitated.

Through Sotloff's killer on Sept 2, the terrorist group told the US to release Aafia among its other demands. The suspected Al Qaeda member is currently serving an 86-year prison sentence in Texas for the attempted murder of US officials in Afghanistan.
Posted by:Fred

#2  My first thought, is What do we care what Zawahiri wants? Zawahiri ought to be in our sights because of 911. If ISIS is destroyed as well as Jihad John, it won't matter what they say.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-16 17:55  

#1  Too bad there's no such thing as GenPop at an ADX. She'd last 5 minutes.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2014-09-16 07:49  

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