Lady Qaeda found guilty, blames Israel
As I reported last week, al Qaeda fixer Aafia Siddiqui turned a federal courtroom in Manhattan into her own Cirque du Jihad.
Today, she was convicted of attempting to murder a U.S. serviceman in Pakistan. Proof that civilian trials for terrorists work? Hardly. Note that while KSM named her as a principal in U.S.-based plots to bomb gas stations and counterterrorism investigators traced her bank account to Saudi terror funders , she was not convicted of terrorism.
After the verdict was read, Siddiqui turned to the gallery, pointed her finger in the air and said, “This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America, and that is where the anger belongs. I can testify to this and I have proof.”
Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the crime was not found by the jury to be premeditated. She was also found guilty of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of US officers.
Siddiqui faces life behind bars for her crimes.
The Pakistani neuroscientist, who the feds claimed was an al Qaeda associate, was arrested two years ago carrying handwritten plans for a radioactive “dirty bomb” along with a list of New York landmarks.
Federal prosecutors said that when FBI agents went to question her, she picked up an unattended rifle and shot at them. They claim Siddiqui was wounded by return fire.
It took a jury nearly three days to convict Siddiqui, who became famous for her loud outbursts that often got her kicked out of the courtroom.
Testifying in her own defense, Siddiqui claimed she had been tortured and held in a “secret prison” before her detention. Charges that she attacked US personnel who wanted to interrogate her were “crazy,” she said.
“It’s just ridiculous,” she said at her trial.
In court, Siddiqui veiled her face with a white scarf and often sat slumped in her chair. She openly sparred with the judge and her own lawyers, insisted she could bring peace to the Middle East.
“I was never planning a bombing! You’re lying!” she yelled while an Army captain testified on the first day of her two-week trial.
Despite claims that she was an al Qaeda sympathizer, Siddiqui was never charged with terrorism.
And despite her Crazy Card ploy, she was a cool as a cucumber when trying to save her hide on the stand.
Classic al Qaeda textbook: Chillingly Calm and Collected, When She Wants to Be.
Preview of things to come…
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This is exactly the kind of shenanigans we would see during a KSM trial. What is this administration thinking?
One wonders: were she to be executed, would there be any uproar from the Religion of Peace?
They dont typically seem to have any qualms about executing females. But maybe that’s because their courts arent infested with Israel subverters.
A successful civilian trial of another terrorist that was aressted and brought to justice in July 2008, when Mr Holder was not in position to make any decisions.
We should congratulate whoever decided to try Siddiqui in this manner. Yes, NYC survived this event.
When talking points get muddled…
Allrighty then. Let’s get going on the appeal. And we might as well start thinking about appealing the appelate ruling. We can play this game for years.
What do you suppose officials in Pakistan would do with a woman who shot at Pakistani soldiers. Brutality hard to even imagine.
Where is this freak’s current mug shot? Is she the ONLY federally prosecuted person to Not have a mug shot?
Count on appeals. Meanwhile, she stays locked up.
magnified x1000…
Come on Ziggy, you only prefer this method because you believe you can line up some conjugal visit sex! Fess up!
George Costanza: I’ve discovered something even better than conjugal visit sex… *fugitive sex*. Now, it’s like every time
[Jerry interrupts]
Jerry: George, this is a little too much for me. Escaped convicts, fugitive sex… I’ve got a cockfight to focus on.
*Lady Qaeda is a little confused about the blame; The blame rests squarely with a 7th century invented religion of death cult savages; The truth hurts, but political correctness kills, and kills, and kills and….
*If the USA were serious about prevention(the highest priority), she would have been at Gitmo, had a military trial, found guilty based on the evidence, executed, wrapped in a bacon burka, and shipped back to Pakistan.
Thank God for the conviction. However, I don’t recall the morons infesting our Executive Branch publicly declaring her guilt. I think the KSM trial will be much different. I hope the defense does not call Obama to the stand to explain his “he’s guilty and will be executed” statements. That would be the ultimate embarrassment.
This case shows how absurd Eric Holder’s imitation of Ed Harris in Apollo 13 was: “Failure is not an option”. Gosh, one must wonder how many hours Holder spent practicing that line. Holder should have been asked: “Will you concede that the failure to obtain a death penalty for KSM in the civilian trial will be a symbol of failure?”. Holder should have been told to answer the question yes or no. There is no way that a New York City jury will ever render the death penalty. In the Sidiqui case, despite all the evidence of her guilt, it took 3 days to get a conviction and the prosecution could not win a conviction on the “premeditation” counts. There was a jury compromise. This is sure to happen in the KSM trial. Given how liberal NYC is, there will surely be one juror who will never vote for a death penalty and under the rules if there is even one holdout juror, there can never be a death penalty. Holder should have been asked these questions but the senators were not smart enough to think of these obvious questions. They were too busy preening for the cameras.
It’s very, very simple–the administration isn’t threatened by terrorism. Terrorists aren’t going to touch Obama or anyone in his administration. They have all the security that they need from nasty jihadists. The only thing that this administration is threatened by are Americans, namely conservatives.
Obama and his goons are out in full force, demonizing US, leveling any accusation that they think will fly with their idiot pundits like Matthews and Olbermann, and they swallow it hook, line, and sinker. Homicidal fanatics are nothing to the leftist “mind.” The only enemies that they see are people who scrutinize THE ONE.
A catastrophe will result in this misguided idiocy, and I only hope that not only innocent people are taken in the conflagration.
ROFLMAO. Good one. Kudos.
Did I say anything incorrect, or untruthful?
It’s either Bush’s fault or Fox News that she was convicted. Or, it’s the American people’s fault because they misguidedly believed in a religion other than theirs. The religion of peace is running out of excuses in warp speed time.
God has blessed the United States of America and G-d’s chosen are fighting for their homeland and will prevail. It’s all good and it’s only a test.
She is an idiot terrorist. Hang her.
Just realized I quoted someone in the “it’s all good and it’s only a test” but for the life of me can’t remember ‘who’ and goodle doesn’t offer a clue. Apologies to the author.
The KSM trial will not take place in New York City. Reality has bitten the politicians here and Obama pushes this trial as originally intended at his own political peril. Both New York Senate seats are up for grabs as well as all the House seats and the last thing the pols want to do is anger the voters even further.
Just another moon god worshiping POS terrorist. Did she get her MIT degree on a diversity visa?
What Mosque did she worship Lucifer at? It should be in ruins with the American Flag placed on top for photos. Wait a few days, there will be another moon god worshiper in the news wanting to murder just like Mohammed.
Her bio:
Well, the important thing is that we got her diversity.
Duh. Never heard that one before
Michelle already shot this down, if you bothered to read what she wrote before jumping in. She was not tried and found guilty of terrorism, but of attmpted murder of a US serviceman.
Lesson Learned: When confronted with a resisting terrorist bring your weapons to bear on the terrorist and ensure the individual assumes the surrounding temperature.
I wonder how far along she got on the dirty bomb before she was charged with attempted murder.
Down under, she would be considered uncovered meat.
Its easier for her to blame Israel than to take a hard look at her own sadistic and nihilistic religion. I just wish our justice system gave out stronger consequences on this one.
Even in France she’d be required to keep that face covered in public.
Be still my achey breaky heart.
She blamed Israel? Daniel Boone’s son? He must have been the one that left the rifle laying around. This is starting to make sense.
But why is Daniel Boone’s son causing trouble in the middle east? I thought he spent most of his time in Kentucky…
Sad to see someone so pathologically obsessed. Guess she’ll have plenty of time now to think things over.
“On February 3rd, 2010 at 7:14 pm, Wyatt Earp said:
This is exactly the kind of shenanigans we would see during a KSM trial. What is this administration thinking?”
He is thinking he wants to put President Bush and Vice President Cheney on trial he really could care less about WE The People. It was ALWAYS about the leftists getting their “show trials” well WE WILL NEVER ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN!
Well, that’s fascinating. She tried to kill people, but … was unaware of what she was attempting to do? Tell me where the logic in that verdict is. And don’t tell me courts reach that verdict in other cases. That’s not logic.
Here folks you see the perils of civilian trials for terrorists. This woman seems to have gotten a pass. Probably because she’s a woman. Just wait until some juror looks at KSM and figures he’s some sort of religious leader. And as such, decides that maybe he’s guilty… but not THAT guilty. So he gets some form of a pass.
They both deserve a needle.
She should have been executed. And as noted above, this isn’t over. Here come the appeals… the claims of tainted evidence….
And NYC survived because few even know who this little witch is. So the media pays little attention to it.
But virtually everyone knows who KSM is and the media will BE ALL OVER IT and the situation in lower Manhattan will be completely different.
So please zyxyxz…… don’t go popping champagne corks over the genius of Obama and Holder. This slime ball’s trial pales in comparison to what KSM would be if they still hold it in NYC.
yup.
Rope. Terrorist. Tree.
Some assembly required.
Under this administration, I wouldn’t be surprised if a ‘prisoner exchange’ with Pakistan didn’t occur.
wait a minute! … I mean DID occur. Oh well, hope you know what I meant.
And that video from MMs thread,
Still isn’t available.
See this is where she went wrong. IF she has been found guilty and blamed Bush they would immediately commute her sentence…..
On another note, this part stuck out to me:
How many soldiers will have to go testify at all of these trials? How much will that cost, especially if they are deployed? How many delays will occur because of deployed soldiers who are called on to testify?
Ham sandwiches for everyone!
Take heart my friends, if they had tried her in California she’d be out living in Florida looking for the real terrorist.
I predict that a KSM trial is going to make this one look sane. Assuming they can find a democrat that isn’t spouting the NIMBY line for votes and actually have a trial.
Why does it take years to bring these people to trial? Whatever happend to a speedy trial?
They quickly dispatched Timothy McVeigh to hell, but this slut gets to live off the taxpayer for the rest of her life, including costs for her many appeals. All for an Al Capone-on-tax-evasion-conviction.
That’s it, take no more prisoners.
I thought MM clearly said she wasn’t convicted of terrorism or even tried for it. Innocent till proven guilty in our system so I guess we can’t call her a terrorist. She is just a man made disaster or some such nonsense.
OK, but I beleive sentencing has yet to be done. Yep, there very well might be appeals. Will the appeals be successful? I doubt it.
No. NYC survived, period. As Rush says the terrorist do not need an excuse to attack us. They will attack us regardless, given the opportunity.
True. Who said it would be different?
It wasn’t Pres Obama or AG Holder who made the decision to try this woman as a civilian, and no one is popping champange. Though I am happy she was found guilty. Are you?
Grow a pair and be specific about what I said that was untrue or incorrect.
It was either that, or the Flip Wilson “The Devil made me do it” Defense.
Aside from the fact that this individual is demented, what difference would it make if it did come from Israel?
Sometimes people are so full of themselves, they can’t see through their own bs and just lash out blindly.
Some try to give some helpful guidance but it never takes because the individual can not admit to how stupid they are.
They see what they want to see and omit what they want to omit. Then they think they feel good in their own little world.
Others pity the fool because they can see the fool knows the argument is weak but wants confirmation they are right.
The pity is they will never get confirmation because they are fools.
Quoting the opening thread:
Whoa!
Hold on, Horsey!
Back up a bit.
Can someone PLEASE tell me how a small woman, about to be interrogated by the FBI, could find a gun anywhere, get to that gun, pick it up, and shoot at several professional soldiers and/or FBI law enforcement members and interrogators?
I am all for locking up al Qaeda folks, but I have a bad feeling about this thing.
Translated, I-do-not-trust-the-Government, nor do I trust the one sided claims by the soldiers, and/or FBI interrogators.
I can imagine someone abducting Michelle Malkin, taking her away in the middle of the night, shooting her, and then claiming that SHE shot THEM instead, even though she is too small to take on two trained military and law enforcement males, and that she most likely would NEVER get a shot off because they would kill her first.
Aside from that, can someone tell me HOW the heck a gun was “Lady al Qaeda’s” reach, and that this gun was actually loaded?
Forgive me, but in this case I have a bad feeling, I smell a stench that says “Something ain’t right.”
Are the claims of rape and torture in her case sound? Why is that not mentioned?
Are those who were in the prison she was allegedly held in over seas lying when they say they could hear her screams of agony as she was being tortured? Did they make the entire story up? Do they even exist?
Does Siddique have children? If so, where are they? Are they accounted for, or, as some defenders who claim that the government, and foreign governments, are hiding something and an innocent women, emaciated, weak, and whose children have been ripped from her arms, is a “fall guy” for government and overseas “helpers” abusing a woman, and possibly her children as well, breaking up a family, and doing this all under the guise of “fighting al Qaeda?”
I am speaking up and asking these questions because, whereas I normally tend to want to see al Qaeda suspects investigated, government sneakiness does bother me and should bother all of us.
Bottom line, I don’t trust this case 100%.
I am fearful of Government, government lies, government violation of all of our rights, and this case is just one of the stepping stones to that end.
Has anyone else considered those concerns?
Let’s fight the bad guys and gals for real!
Let’s also not grab scape goats and charge the victim with the crime and make them out to be the bad guys, especially when the alleged facts raise red flags and sound legitimately questionable.
With Obama at the helm, Pelosi et al in Congress, Hollywood celebrities, the left leaning media, etc., all in place, loose borders and idiotic immigration policies which allow porous borders, let illegals stay here and take jobs US citizens would do, put our economy in even deeper trouble, we are clearly not taking this “War on Terror” seriously enough.
When I see passengers on airlines being ignored when they observe suspicious behavior, and passengers and crew are targeted by those who act suspiciously, then I see things are not right.
When non Muslims are harassed by so-called security, but Muslims are treated with special respect and care, I see that things aren’t right.
Muslim militants are the bad guys regarding terrorist militant violence and murder. Illegal immigrants are the problem regarding their part in destroying the economy and making our nation less secure. In both areas not enough is being done.
I also see that the economy is in the tank and Obama and his ilk want to keep driving a spike into it, making is weaker, weakening our security, and our sovereignty, as well as making it difficult for parents to hold jobs and earn enough to raise their families, putting them in danger of being homeless and starving to death in the streets.
We need a BIG change.
Throw Obama and his ilk out, including Pelosi, et al. Fix the media, who are claques for leftist, socialist, liberal thought, who distort, fabricate, and lie, and who tend to demonize conservatives.
Those are just a few ideas and concerns.