The conviction of a Pakistani-born, U.S.- educated neuroscientist for attempting to murder her American interrogators in Afghanistan was upheld yesterday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Aafia Siddiqui, 40, was convicted in 2010 of the July 18, 2008, attempted murder of U.S. nationals and several other crimes after she picked up an M-4 rifle and fired at Americans who had come to question her following her arrest by Afghan police on suspicion of attempting to attack the governor of Ghazni City, Afghanistan.
