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April 22, 2003
Boston Woman Arrested

WCVB - Boston Woman Suspected Of Al-Qaida Ties Arrested

A former Boston woman sought by the FBI for questioning about possible ties to the al-Qaida terror network is in custody in Pakistan, U.S. law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Aafia Siddiqui, 31, was detained by Pakistani authorities in the past few days and was being interrogated at an undisclosed location. She originally is from Pakistan.

The FBI in March put out a global alert for Siddiqui, who has a biology degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wrote a doctoral thesis on neurological sciences at Brandeis University in 2001. She also visited the Maryland suburbs near Washington in December or January, officials say.


It was the first time an FBI bulletin sought a woman since the war against terror began, officials have said.

Posted by PoliticaObscura at April 22, 2003 01:16 PM | TrackBack
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