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| Pakistan's president backs 'guilty' scientist in US |
| 2010-02-04 |
| Pakistan's president Thursday ordered the government to provide possible legal assistance to a scientist found guilty in the United States of trying to kill US servicemen, his office said. "President Asif Ali Zardari directed the government to immediately establish contact with the family of Doctor Aafia Siddiqui and provide her with possible legal assistance in the US," his office said. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said Zardari was "concerned about the verdict and expressed the hope that justice will ultimately be done as the case passes through subsequent stages in the US judicial system". A US jury found Siddiqui, 37, a mother and neuroscientist trained at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, guilty on all charges. She could face life in prison when sentenced on May 6. Zardari's statement came as Siddiqui's mother claimed that the Pakistan government, which is a US ally in the war in Afghanistan, did nothing for her release." What has happened clearly shows the lack of seriousness on part of our government in getting her released," 70-year old Ismat Siddiqui told AFP after the verdict. Protesters took to the streets in support of Siddiqui in major cities of Pakistan on Thursday as the government expressed "dismay" over the verdict, vowing to consult her family and lawyers on how to secure her release. Siddiqui was accused of grabbing a rifle at an Afghan police station where she was being interrogated in July 2008 and trying to gun down US servicemen. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Unfortunately the STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA = PENN STATE + US ARMY WAR COLLEGE can't back Aaafia becuz the PA State Govt. in Harrisburg is considering its option to declare formal STATE BANKRUPTCY, LIKE DA ARNUULD'S CALIFORNIA + OTHERS, ETC. OOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPSSSSSSIIIES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-04 23:09 |
| #6 BTW: whatever happened to the twit that left his loaded weapon leaning where a prisoner could get it? |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-02-04 15:54 |
| #5 The warrant officer was a lousy shot... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-02-04 15:26 |
| #4 How did this end up in a US civilian court, and how did we benefit? |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2010-02-04 14:42 |
| #3 Pakistan's "president" backs guilty scientist in US Ooookay. That's better. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-02-04 14:00 |
| #2 She WAS "accused", now she's guilty. And I don't give a crap what any Pakistani thinks about it. Mind you: they're perfectly welcome to have an opinion, I just don't care what it is. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-02-04 13:13 |
| #1 Posturing to appease the pustulant masses. |
| Posted by: Swanimote 2010-02-04 10:09 |