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Sleeper cells are here my friends....
(NECN/ABC) - Federal authorities say they caught a big fish last month in Afghanistan -- a woman who is allegedly a top agent of al-Qaida. Now, they are making public some of the evidence against her.
Aafia Siddiqui has eluded U.S. authorities for four years. The 36-year-old mother of three was considered the most wanted female in the world and the only woman on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists, until her capture last month in Afghanistan.
The FBI says the neuroscientist, who returned to Pakistan after completing her studies at MIT and Brandeis, became an important al-Qaida operative.
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou says, "I don't think we've captured anybody as important and as well connected as she since 2003."
Inside her handbag, US authorities say they found maps of New York City and information on subways, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and the nearby Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Court documents show they also found information on explosives, chemical weapons, and other weapons involving biological material and radiological agents being researched by al-Qaida.
The FBI says they also found what they described as a possible road map to plots in the works--a computer thumb-drive storage device packed with e-mails to potential terrorists. Her friends and family say the young woman is innocent and being persecuted by the U.S.
Siddiqui is currently in custody in New York City charged with trying to shoot the FBI
Sleeper cells are here my friends....
(NECN/ABC) - Federal authorities say they caught a big fish last month in Afghanistan -- a woman who is allegedly a top agent of al-Qaida. Now, they are making public some of the evidence against her.
Aafia Siddiqui has eluded U.S. authorities for four years. The 36-year-old mother of three was considered the most wanted female in the world and the only woman on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists, until her capture last month in Afghanistan.
The FBI says the neuroscientist, who returned to Pakistan after completing her studies at MIT and Brandeis, became an important al-Qaida operative.
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou says, "I don't think we've captured anybody as important and as well connected as she since 2003."
Inside her handbag, US authorities say they found maps of New York City and information on subways, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and the nearby Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Court documents show they also found information on explosives, chemical weapons, and other weapons involving biological material and radiological agents being researched by al-Qaida.
The FBI says they also found what they described as a possible road map to plots in the works--a computer thumb-drive storage device packed with e-mails to potential terrorists. Her friends and family say the young woman is innocent and being persecuted by the U.S.
Siddiqui is currently in custody in New York City charged with trying to shoot the FBI
