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| Dr Aafia charged with soldier attack |
| 2008-08-06 |
| Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui was arrested on "charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States officers and employees in Afghanistan", according to US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael Garcia, Mark Mershon of the FBI's New York office and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Siddiqui, due to appear before a magistrate in a New York federal court on Tuesday, has been confirmed to be in the custody of the FBI. The Pakistan Embassy has approached United States authorities to obtain consular access to Dr Siddiqui. According to a FBI announcement, officers of the Ghazni province Afghanistan National Police arrested Siddiqui when they searched her handbag and found numerous documents describing the creation of explosives, excerpts from the Anarchist's Arsenal, and descriptions of various US landmarks. It says that on July 18, a party of US personnel, including two FBI special agents, a US Army warrant officer, a US Army captain, and US 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." The statement added that Siddiqui fired at least two shots, hitting no one. The warrant officer returned fire with a 9mm service pistol and hitting Siddiqui at least once. It said that after being subdued, Siddiqui temporarily lost consciousness and was rendered medical aid. Maximum sentence: The FBI statement also said: "Siddiqui 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." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 then FAILED to empty his pistol into this piece of kak? Little something called Rules of Deadly Force. Maybe you've heard of it. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-08-06 20:43 |
| #4 "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. What interrogation? The Americans had no idea Dr. Siddiqui was there. In retrospect, it would have been wiser to check behind the curtain before all sat down, but Dr. Siddiqui had been arrested by the Afghani police, not the US Army. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-06 19:50 |
| #3 Sorry, commander's inquiry or AR 15-6 investigation in order here. The Warrant officer lost control of his weapon during an interogation, then FAILED to empty his pistol into this piece of kak? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-06 17:35 |
| #2 Maximum sentence should be 1-way trip through the airlock without benefit of a spacesuit... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-08-06 17:30 |
| #1 The warrant officer returned fire with a 9mm service pistol Can we go to back to the 45 cal or bump up to a 40 cal? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-08-06 16:38 |