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Who is Aafia Siddiqui, Texas inmate known as 'Lady Al Qaeda'?

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Aafia Siddiqui is serving an 86-year prison sentence. She was convicted in 2010 on charges that she sought to shoot U.S. military officers. She is a Pakistani neuroscientist who studied in the United States. She attracted the attention of American law enforcement in the years after the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Times of India

A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas

US News: WASHINGTON: The man who authorities say was holding hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imp.

2 years ago·India

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Associated Press News

A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who authorities say was holding hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas

The man who authorities say was holding hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan

2 years ago·United States

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CNN

How Aafia Siddiqui became an icon for terrorists

The hostage-taker at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is believed by US law enforcement to be motivated by the imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani who is serving an 86-year sentence at a prison in Fort Worth. She was arrested by US forces in Afghanistan almost a decade and half ago, yet her arrest continues to reverberate today.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Who is Aafia Siddiqui? Texas synagogue hostage-taker allegedly sought release of ‘Lady Al Qaeda’

Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman convicted on terrorism charges, is in U.S. federal prison for trying to kill American soldiers.

2 years ago

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KIFI

A closer look at the case of Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in Texas - Local News 8

By ERIC TUCKER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The man who authorities say was holding hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan. The woman, Aafia Siddiqui, is serving an 86-year prison sentence after being convicted in Manhattan in 2010 on charges that she sought to shoot U.S. military officers while bein…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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