Jurors heard a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist portrayed yesterday in closing arguments at her attempted murder trial as both a would-be terrorist determined to kill Americans and a fearful woman framed by the government.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher La Vigne cited testimony that Aafia Siddiqui had bomb-making instructions, documents referencing a “mass casualty attack” and a list of New York City landmarks including the Statue of Liberty when she was detained in Afghanistan in 2008.

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