Important New Information on Aafia Siddiqui's Case

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Shaukut said he arrested Siddiqui, saying:

"She wore gloves and a veil....When she was caught she was traveling to Islamabad....we gave her to ISI. (She) was a minor facilitator," perhaps, but not confirmed, linked to Al Qaeda.

He said her daughter, Mariam, was "already home," what wasn't known until he confirmed it. IJN's investigation also learned that "for some months prior to being found by neighbors wandering around in the street near her grandmother's home in Karachi, (she was) kept in a nearby location for several months by several English-speaking individuals."

On July 30, 2008, the FBI told Siddiqui's brother that she was in Afghanistan and injured. Shortly afterward, she was brought to America to stand trial in federal court. Though warned by the judge to say nothing unrelated to her charges, her testimony confirmed she'd been "tortured in a secret prison" where she was "forced to engage in incriminating behavior (such as copying over suspicious-looking documents) under constant threats of harm to her children."

She also said she never reached for, held, or fired a gun at anyone. Forensic evidence supports her. The changes were entirely bogus. A subsequent Department of Defense WikiLeaks release corroborated her account.

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