Update on the Aafia Siddiqi case, from Dawn (Pakistani news network):
"New York Federal Court Judge Richard Berman on Monday decided that the jury selection for the trial of Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist, will begin on Wednesday, Jan 13, and the trial will begin on Tuesday Jan 19."
"Dr Siddiqui is charged with attempted murder of American troops while in custody in Kabul in July of 2008. She was flown to New York in August, 2008, and formally charged."
Siddiqui expressed disatisfaction with her attorneys again) in court Monday this week:
"Siddiqui had vowed at previous pre-trial hearings to ignore her legal team and demanded a meeting with US President Barack Obama about bringing peace to Pakistan and Afghanistan. 'They are not my attorneys,' Siddiqui blurted out to spectators moments after being escorted into a Manhattan courtroom Monday. 'I have fired them many times'. "
Aafia previously objected to the "Jewish background" of her attorneys. Silly rabbit! Who the heck doesn't want a Jewish lawyer?! Even the ISB and MAS use Jewish lawyers!
This promises to be a zoo-ey trial.
Declan Walsh had a good summary of this strange case in The Guardian in November 2009. My previous blogposts on Aafia Siddiqui can be found here.
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