Aafia Siddiqui convicted - Shouts blame it on Israel

From Eric Dondero:

A courtroom trial of a "Female Al Qaeda" Islamic Terrorist has highlighted a frightening new trend on at least some of the more liberal college campuses here in the United States.

From NewsMax:

NEW YORK – A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist was convicted Wednesday of charges that she tried to kill Americans while detained in Afghanistan in 2008, shouting with raised arm as jurors left the courtroom: "This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America."

A jury deliberated three days in federal court in Manhattan before finding Aafia Siddiqui guilty in the third week of her attempted murder trial, which she often interrupted with rambling courtroom outbursts.

After declaring the verdict came from Israel, she turned toward spectators in the packed courtroom and said: "Your anger should be directed where it belongs. I can testify to this and I have proof."

Siddiqui was convicted of attempted murder, on two counts. At a police station in Afghanistan, she managed to get hold of a rifle and fire at 7 US soldiers, while shouting "Death to America!"

The prosecutors in the case described in detail her connections to Al Qaeda. When she was captured she had in her posession plans to blow up the Statue of Liberty and "other New York landmarks."

Most striking about her case, is that she is a graduate of both MIT and Brandeis University in Massachusetts.

MIT is the same university where American-born Islamic Terrorist Major Nidal Malik Hassan, the infamous Ft. Hood shooter, received his training.

Bill Warner, Private Investigator out of Sarasota, Florida, provides more details at his Blog:

Aafia Siddiqui Indicted for Attempting to Kill United States Nationals in Afghanistan and Six Additional Charges. ..On July 17, 2008, when Aafia Siddiqui was detained by Afghan authorities, a number of items were in her possession, including handwritten notes that referred to a “mass casualty attack” and that listed various locations in the United States, including Plum Island, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Other notes in Siddiqui’s possession referred to the construction of “dirty bombs,” and discussed various ways to attack “enemies,” including by destroying reconnaissance drones, using underwater bombs, and using gliders.

Aafia Siddiqui also possessed a computer thumb drive that contained correspondence referring to specific “cells,” “attacks” by certain “cells,” and “enemies.”

Aafia Siddiqui, a 36-year-old Pakistani woman, resided in the United States from in or about 1991 until June 2002, and obtained degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University. Siddiqui returned to the United States on December 25, 2002, and departed on January 2, 2003...

Terrorist Majid Khan appears to have met with Aafia Saddiqui who is a MIT grad in microbiology, she had access to Anthrax while working at Brandeis Univ in Boston. Assistant United States Attorney Eric Bruce claimed that MIT graduate Aafia Siddiqui was willing to help with an anthrax attack. Eric Bruce repeatedly referred to a planned chemical attack by Majid Khan but never described the plot or when and where it would occur. He said a woman affiliated with al-Qaida opened a Maryland post office box in the names of herself and Majid Khan so immigration documents could be sent there.

Siddiqui, 37, will now spend 60 years in federal prison.