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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Aafia Siddiqui (/ˈɑːfiə siːˈdiːkiː/; Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی‎; born 2 March 1972) is a MIT trained Pakistani Neuroscientist, who was convicted on two counts of attempted murder of US nationals, officers, and employees, assault with a deadly weapon, carrying and using a firearm, and three counts of assault on US officers and employees. She is currently serving her 86 year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.Afia was born in Pakistan and spent here childhood there. In 1990 she went to study neuroscience in the United States and obtained a Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 2001.In early 2003, during the 2001 Afghanistan War caused by a conflict between United States and Al-Qaeda, Siddiqui returned to Pakistan. In March 2003, she was named as a courier and financier for Al-Qaeda by Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and was placed on a \"wanted for questioning\" list by the American FBI.She was allegedly abducted by unknown authories with her 3 children in 2003. It is widely accepted that she was held captive against her will in Bagram, She subsequently disappeared until she was arrested in Ghazni, Afghanistan, by Afghan police, 17 July 2008, with documents and notes for making bombs plus containers of sodium cyanide. She was held for questioning. Siddiqui was shot in the torso the next day by visiting U.S. FBI and Army personnel, after allegedly shooting at them with a rifle one of the interrogators had placed on the floor. Siddiqui was flown by the FBI to New York and indicted in New York federal district court in September 2008, on charges of assault and attempted murder of a United States Army Captain in the police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Siddiqui denied the charges. After 18 months in detention, she was tried and convicted 3 February 2010 and sentenced later that year to 86 years in prison. Though it has been a matter of controversy as why a Pakistani woman, who allegedly committed a crime in Afghanistan was flown to US for a trial. In Pakistan, Siddiqui had by then become a symbol of victimization. In March 2010, after her conviction, both the Prime Minister Gilani and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif promised in unity to push for her release. Pakistani news media called the trial a \"farce,\" while other Pakistanis labeled this reaction \"knee-jerk Pakistani nationalism\"."@en }

• Aafia_Siddiqui abstract "Aafia Siddiqui (/ˈɑːfiə siːˈdiːkiː/; Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی‎; born 2 March 1972) is a MIT trained Pakistani Neuroscientist, who was convicted on two counts of attempted murder of US nationals, officers, and employees, assault with a deadly weapon, carrying and using a firearm, and three counts of assault on US officers and employees. She is currently serving her 86 year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.Afia was born in Pakistan and spent here childhood there. In 1990 she went to study neuroscience in the United States and obtained a Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 2001.In early 2003, during the 2001 Afghanistan War caused by a conflict between United States and Al-Qaeda, Siddiqui returned to Pakistan. In March 2003, she was named as a courier and financier for Al-Qaeda by Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and was placed on a \"wanted for questioning\" list by the American FBI.She was allegedly abducted by unknown authories with her 3 children in 2003. It is widely accepted that she was held captive against her will in Bagram, She subsequently disappeared until she was arrested in Ghazni, Afghanistan, by Afghan police, 17 July 2008, with documents and notes for making bombs plus containers of sodium cyanide. She was held for questioning. Siddiqui was shot in the torso the next day by visiting U.S. FBI and Army personnel, after allegedly shooting at them with a rifle one of the interrogators had placed on the floor. Siddiqui was flown by the FBI to New York and indicted in New York federal district court in September 2008, on charges of assault and attempted murder of a United States Army Captain in the police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Siddiqui denied the charges. After 18 months in detention, she was tried and convicted 3 February 2010 and sentenced later that year to 86 years in prison. Though it has been a matter of controversy as why a Pakistani woman, who allegedly committed a crime in Afghanistan was flown to US for a trial. In Pakistan, Siddiqui had by then become a symbol of victimization. In March 2010, after her conviction, both the Prime Minister Gilani and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif promised in unity to push for her release. Pakistani news media called the trial a \"farce,\" while other Pakistanis labeled this reaction \"knee-jerk Pakistani nationalism\".".