SgtJim
03-04-2011, 06:31 AM
WTF???....special thanks for this Bill
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Pakistan attempts to trade CIA contractor for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui
By Bill Roggio/LongwarJournal - February 28, 2011 7:17 PM
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ABC News reported today that Pakistan attempted to exchange CIA contractor
Raymond Davis for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui. This should come as no
surprise, as speculation about a possible prisoner exchange first appeared in the
Pakistani press just days after Davis' arrest. ABC News reports: (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/raymond-davis-case-pakistan-trade-lady-al-qaeda/story?id=13018457)
The government of Pakistan offered to trade a CIA contractor currently jailed in
that country for a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected by U.S. intelligence to be
an al Qaeda operative.
According to a senior American administration official and a Pakistani official involved
in the negotiations to free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, the Pakistani government
proposed trading Davis for Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT-educated Pakistani neuroscientist
currently serving 86 years in federal prison for attempted murder.
The offer was immediately dismissed by the U.S. government.
"The Pakistanis have raised it," the U.S. official said.
"We are not going to pursue it."
Keep in mind that Aafia Siddiqui, who has been dubbed "Lady al Qaeda" by the press,
was sentenced to 86 years in prison by a US jury in September 2010 for attempting
to kill US troops in Afghanistan after being captured in Ghazni province.
Siddiqi had close links to al Qaeda operational commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
and was involved in several plots to attack the US homeland.
From Thomas Joscelyn's report on Siddiqui:
According to an indictment prepared by US prosecutors, Siddiqui had
"various documents, various chemicals, and a computer thumb drive, among other things"
in her possession when she was arrested. Handwritten notes she was carrying referred
to a "mass casualty attack" and listed "various locations in the United States, including
Plum Island, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge."
In addition, according to the indictment, "certain notes referred to the construction
of 'dirty bombs,' chemical and biological weapons, and other explosives."
The notes "discussed mortality rates associated with certain of these weapons and explosives."
Still other notes "referred to various ways to attack 'enemies,' including by
destroying reconnaissance drones, using underwater bombs, and using gliders."
Siddiqui's computer thumb drive contained contained "correspondence that referred
to specific 'cells' and 'attacks' by certain 'cells'," as well as documents discussing "recruitment and training."
The notes and documents in Siddiqui's possession reveal that she was most
likely still involved in al Qaeda's plotting against the US Homeland at the time
of her capture. She apparently did not give up, even though many of her
co-conspirators had been rolled up following KSM's detention.
For more information on Siddiqui and her involvement with al Qaeda, see LWJ reports,
'Lady al Qaeda' sentenced to 86 years in prison and Analysis: 'Lady al Qaeda' in propaganda.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/02/pakistan_attempts_to_trade_cia.php#ixzz1FcoyzqN2
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Pakistan attempts to trade CIA contractor for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui
By Bill Roggio/LongwarJournal - February 28, 2011 7:17 PM
9925
ABC News reported today that Pakistan attempted to exchange CIA contractor
Raymond Davis for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui. This should come as no
surprise, as speculation about a possible prisoner exchange first appeared in the
Pakistani press just days after Davis' arrest. ABC News reports: (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/raymond-davis-case-pakistan-trade-lady-al-qaeda/story?id=13018457)
The government of Pakistan offered to trade a CIA contractor currently jailed in
that country for a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected by U.S. intelligence to be
an al Qaeda operative.
According to a senior American administration official and a Pakistani official involved
in the negotiations to free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, the Pakistani government
proposed trading Davis for Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT-educated Pakistani neuroscientist
currently serving 86 years in federal prison for attempted murder.
The offer was immediately dismissed by the U.S. government.
"The Pakistanis have raised it," the U.S. official said.
"We are not going to pursue it."
Keep in mind that Aafia Siddiqui, who has been dubbed "Lady al Qaeda" by the press,
was sentenced to 86 years in prison by a US jury in September 2010 for attempting
to kill US troops in Afghanistan after being captured in Ghazni province.
Siddiqi had close links to al Qaeda operational commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
and was involved in several plots to attack the US homeland.
From Thomas Joscelyn's report on Siddiqui:
According to an indictment prepared by US prosecutors, Siddiqui had
"various documents, various chemicals, and a computer thumb drive, among other things"
in her possession when she was arrested. Handwritten notes she was carrying referred
to a "mass casualty attack" and listed "various locations in the United States, including
Plum Island, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge."
In addition, according to the indictment, "certain notes referred to the construction
of 'dirty bombs,' chemical and biological weapons, and other explosives."
The notes "discussed mortality rates associated with certain of these weapons and explosives."
Still other notes "referred to various ways to attack 'enemies,' including by
destroying reconnaissance drones, using underwater bombs, and using gliders."
Siddiqui's computer thumb drive contained contained "correspondence that referred
to specific 'cells' and 'attacks' by certain 'cells'," as well as documents discussing "recruitment and training."
The notes and documents in Siddiqui's possession reveal that she was most
likely still involved in al Qaeda's plotting against the US Homeland at the time
of her capture. She apparently did not give up, even though many of her
co-conspirators had been rolled up following KSM's detention.
For more information on Siddiqui and her involvement with al Qaeda, see LWJ reports,
'Lady al Qaeda' sentenced to 86 years in prison and Analysis: 'Lady al Qaeda' in propaganda.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/02/pakistan_attempts_to_trade_cia.php#ixzz1FcoyzqN2