Aafia Siddiqui
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Aafia Siddiqui (DOB used: March 2, 1972) is an MIT alumna in biology wanted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for questioning in regards to terrorism, along with her estranged husband, anæsthesiologist Mohammed Amjad Khan.
She was born in Pakistan.
In 1999 she and Khan founded the Institute of Islamic Research and Teaching.
There had been reports in spring of 2003 that she had been detained in Pakistan and was being questioned by or for the FBI, which have been denied by the FBI. Her uncle, however, claims she has not contacted her family since. Her three young children were with her at the time she disappeared; their fate is even less clear. Although Aafia Siddiqui's current whereabouts are unknown, the FBI believes she is currently in Pakistan.
On May 26, 2004, she was listed along with six others when United States Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that reports indicated that Al Qaeda members were planning a terrorist action for the summer or fall of 2004. Others listed on that date were Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Amer El-Maati, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Abderraouf Jdey, and Adnan G. El Shukrijumah.
External links
- Well-informed, 2004 article from Boston Magazine (http://www.bostonmagazine.com/ArticleDisplay.php?id=461)
- http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm FBI page
- Yahoo! News - 7 al-Qaida Suspects Sought in Attack Plan (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040526/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_threat)
- Report of her capture (http://www.intellnet.org/news/2003/04/03/19137-1.html) from April 2003
- Plea from her uncle (http://www.dawn.com/2004/05/02/letted.htm#5)
- Earlier editorial by uncle (http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/Mar-2004/28/EDITOR/let7.asp), quite possibly the one referred to in above
- FBI denial of capture (http://www-tech.mit.edu/V123/N16/16_al_queda.16n.html)
- MSNBC on the current suspicions (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4687305/)
- Mother suspects husband involved in disappearance (http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/philly/news/world/5698842.htm)
- Pakistan interior ministry confirms arrest and handover to US; hiPakistan.com (http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en66179&F_catID=&f_type=source) Hindu.com (http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/30/stories/2004053001901200.htm)