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Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Compiled by The Peace Thru Justice Foundation and Families United for Justice in America Foreword by Dr. Tarek Mehanna © Copyright 1433 AH / 2012 AC 2012—All Rights Reserved for all original material contained in this publication. Contact Information: The Peace Thru Justice Foundation 11006 Veirs Mill Road STE L-15, PMB 298 Silver Spring, MD. 20902 Tel: (301) 220-0133 or (202) 246-9608 E-mail: [email protected] website: www.peacethrujustice.org Official Website: www.FreeAafia.org DEDICATION For the Oppressed BEFORE AFTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................................................................7 Foreword: The Aafia Siddiqui I Saw by Dr. Tarek Mehanna ...................................................................17 Family & Friends - Who was Dr. Aafia Siddiqui? An Eyewitness Account by Andy Purcell .........................................................................26 - My Memories of Aafia in Boston by Bashir Hanif .........................................................................32 - Aafia Siddiqui – Memories of MIT to Carswell Prison by Hena Zuberi .........................................................................36 - A Tale of Two Prisoners by Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui ..............................................................42 Other Voices - The Sentencing of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui by Mauri’ Saalakhan .................................................................48 - WikiLeaks Renews Dr. Afia Siddiqui Mystery by John Floyd and Billy Sinclair ..............................................60 - The WikiLeaks on Aafia Siddiqui by Mauri’ Saalakhan .................................................................65 - The Aafia Siddiqui Case: A New Turn as Lawyers Release Explosive, Secretly Recorded Tape by Victoria Brittain....................................................................68 - Injustice in the Age of Obama by Cindy Sheehan ......................................................................85 - A Tale of Three Accused Women: And Justice American Style by Mauri’ Saalakhan .................................................................90 The Challenges Ahead - Condemned by Their Silence by Yvonne Ridley .......................................................................96 - Why Have Muslims Who Knew Aafia Been So Silent? .........101 - A Message of Gratitude from the Family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui ....................................................................106 Epilogue: An Open Letter to the U.S. Government ....................108 INTRODUCT I ON 7 INTRODUCTION n December 31, 2011, a sizeable group of concerned citi- zens of varying faiths and ideological persuasions assem- Obled on a busy thoroughfare in the little town of Westworth, Texas, to demonstrate their concern for a female prisoner being held on the Carswell Airbase. The activists were told the town of West- worth (part of greater Fort Worth) has the closest entry point into the part of the base where the penal hospital known as FMC Carswell is located. This was the second demonstration held at this location for a female prisoner known as Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. A demonstration was held on April 9th at the same location, with the only difference being that the December 31st mobilization included a march as well as a protest rally. Who is this woman that total strangers would take time out of a beautiful New Year’s Eve afternoon to demonstrate for, in of all places, deep in the heart of Texas? A synopsis of her story Aafia Siddiqui was born in Pakistan in 1972. She spent her early years in Zambia (Africa), where her mother worked with a non-prof- it women’s organization as a social worker and her late father was a practicing physician. She came to the United States from Pakistan at 18, and lived with her older brother (Muhammad) and his fam- ily while attending the University of Houston her freshman year. After an impressive academic start in Texas, Aafia matriculated to Boston’s MIT on a full scholarship and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology; she would later earn her doctorate in cognitive neurosci- ence from Brandeis University. 8 OTHER VO ICES At Brandeis, Aafia’s doctoral thesis was on “Learning through Imitation.” Her research was centered on how to improve learning techniques for children (especially those with learning disabilities). She later married a Pakistani physician by the name of Mohammad Amjad Khan, the couple had three children together (two sons and a daughter) before separating under acrimonious circumstances. Shortly after moving the family to Pakistan in 2002, Khan divorced Aafia while she was pregnant with the couple’s third child. He re- married within weeks of the divorce, and in March 2003, Aafia and her three young children (two of whom are American-born citizens) were kidnapped from the streets of Pakistan and disappeared with- out a trace. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui –a citizen of Pakistan and devoted mother of three children - is now 39 years old, a political prisoner (and pris- oner of war), being held under unconstitutional conditions in the United States of America. Circumstances surrounding the case It is our belief that a series of innocent occurrences in the lives of Amjad Khan and Aafia Siddiqui (while they were living in Boston, post 9/11) brought the couple to the attention of U.S. authorities. We believe that Aafia’s academic prowess, her charitable work, and her well known commitment to Islam heightened the suspicion around her at a time when active Muslims throughout the country were coming under suspicion - simply for being active and committed Muslims. In March 2003, a recently divorced Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and her three young children - Ahmad (boy), six years old and an American citizen; Maryam (girl), four years old and also an American citi- zen; and Suleman (boy), a six month old Pakistani citizen - were kidnapped by unknown authorities in Karachi, Pakistan, when the INTRODUCT I ON 9 taxi they were traveling in was stopped and all four passengers were forcibly removed. On March 31, 2003 it was reported by the Pakistani media that Aafia had been arrested and turned over to representatives of the United States. In early April, this was confirmed by NBC Nightly News (in addition to other media outlets). Around the same time the mother of Aafia received a message from purported “agencies” which essentially stated that if the family ever wanted to see Aa- fia and her children alive again, they should be quiet about their disappearance. By 2008, many believed that Aafia and her three children were most likely dead; and then in July of 2008 (the same month that Aafia Siddiqui mysteriously reappeared on the streets of Ghazni, Afghanistan, in a weakened and disheveled state, in the company of a young boy) two events occurred: 1. British human-rights journalist Yvonne Ridley, and former Bagram detainee and British citizen Moazem Begg, publicly spoke out about a woman who was being held at the Bagram detention center in Afghan- istan, a woman who the male prisoners would often hear screaming. They dubbed this woman the “Grey Lady of Bagram.” 2. A petition for habeas corpus was filed with the Paki- stan High Court in Islamabad, requesting that the court order the Pakistani government to free Dr. Aa- fia Siddiqui, or to even admit that they (or others) were detaining her. The competing accounts of July 2008 The official account is that Aafia and her son were taken into Afghan custody in July 2008, and while in custody awaiting re-interroga- 10 OTHER VO ICES tion, she is accused of charging forth from behind a curtain like a female Rambo, picking up a M-4 rifle off the floor, taking the safety off and firing it while screaming anti-American expletives at her in- tended targets. Miraculously she missed everyone in the room, and she was shot in retaliation. That’s the official story. Aafia’s version is far more plausible. Aafia testified during the trial (in violation of the court order that banned any exploration of those missing five years!) that upon hear- ing the voices of Americans enter the room, she began to feel panic, and her mind fixated on one thing – she did not want to be sent back to the secret prison. As the Afghans and Americans argued over who would retain custody of the prisoners, Aafia said she peered through the curtain looking for an escape route, and a soldier who was sitting directly across the small room saw her and panicked. He jumped up and shouted, “The prisoners free!” (or something to that effect), then pulled out his sidearm and fired, striking Aafia two or three times in the stomach area. Aafia was transported for emergency treatment to a field hospi- tal, and, after being stabilized, brought back to the United States (in violation of international law) where she has been ever since. Aafia was the only person shot on that fateful day. The only shell casings found on the floor during the investigation that ensued were the shell casings from the automatic weapon that was used to shoot her. Aa- fia would miraculously survive the deadly confrontation and deny the charges leveled against her; a denial that would receive support from an unlikely source. The Afghan commander of the police com- pound would later state, “The prisoner” (referring to Aafia Siddiqui) “never fired a weapon.” Despite the earlier allegations against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, and the way that her “capture” and subsequent trial played out in the media, NO TERRORISM CHARGES were leveled against her in the fed- INTRODUCT I ON 11 eral indictment.
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