Aafia Siddiqui - Terror Suspect May Have Been Planning Mass Casualty Attack
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The capture of Aafia Siddiqui, most likely saved many innocent lives however; the information she may be able to provide authorities may prove even more valuable in the long run.
Handwritten notes about a “mass casualty attack” that listed New York City landmarks like the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty were found on Siddiqui, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Suspect Aafia Siddiqui carried lists of other locations like Wall Street, the Brooklyn Bridge and Plum Island and notes about “dirty bombs,” chemical and biological weapons and other explosives, said the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Siddiqui, a 36-year-old Pakistani neuroscientist educated at MIT and Brandeis University, also had notes about ways to attack “enemies” with underwater bombs, gliders and by destroying reconnaissance drones, said U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia, She also had a computer thumb drive containing electronic documents, correspondence mentioning “attacks” by certain “cells” and references to the United States being an enemy, Garcia said.
She was indicted Tuesday on attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly swiping a U.S. Army officer’s M-4 rifle and firing at a group of military officers and FBI agents about to interrogate her in Afghanistan on July 18th, officials said. She missed but was wounded in the torso by return fire, authorities said.
Authorities claim she has links to Al Qaeda and had moved to Pakistan in 2002 after living in the U.S. for the previous 11 years. They said she returned to the U.S. on Christmas Day 2002, and left the following week, on Jan. 2, 2003.
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