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| Scientist guilty of US murder bid | Scientist guilty of US murder bid |
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| A US court has found a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while she was detained for questioning in Afghanistan. | A US court has found a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while she was detained for questioning in Afghanistan. |
| The prosecution said Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents. | The prosecution said Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents. |
| None of the Americans was injured but Siddiqui, 37, was shot. | None of the Americans was injured but Siddiqui, 37, was shot. |
| She was arrested by Afghan police in July 2008 on suspicion of carrying chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York. | She was arrested by Afghan police in July 2008 on suspicion of carrying chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York. |
| She has been accused of having links to the al-Qaeda leadership. Rights groups say she has spent the last five years in secret US jails. | |
| A jury in Manhattan found Siddiqui guilty of attempted murder, of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm. | A jury in Manhattan found Siddiqui guilty of attempted murder, of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm. |
| The attempted murder was found not to have been premeditated. | The attempted murder was found not to have been premeditated. |
| Courtroom outbursts | |
| Siddiqui had maintained her innocence. Her defence team claimed there was no forensic evidence the rifle alleged to have been used was ever fired. | |
| She also claimed to have been held in a "secret prison... where children were tortured". | |
| After the verdict was delivered, Siddiqui shouted to the court: "This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America." | |
| She had argued that she would not get a fair trial if there were Jewish people on the jury. | |
| Her three-week trial was marked by other outbursts from the defendant. |