Dr. Aafia Siddiqui a graduate of MIT allegedly fired at US marines in Afghanistan, trying to escape her captors after several years of rape and abuse. Her three children faced a similar fate in Baghram prison run by the Americans. During the trial the defense was not able to find any evidence of firing or bullets, and the frail and beaten up Aafia she supposedly overcame a strong US Marine. Ms. Siddiqui’s please of self defense, were not accepted, she was tried and convicted in a US court of law and the US has not extradited her back to Pakistan.
Raymond Davis a US citizen fired at innocent motorcycle riders in Lahore and is now in the custody facing trial in Lahore. Raymond Davis the American told a Pakistani court on Friday that he had acted in self-defence after fleeing what he said was a robbery attempt. Ignoring US pressure Mr. Davis he has been remanded in police custody for six days for questioning– in a province whose government is run by Mr. Nawaz Sharif, who is not considered very Pro-American. A third Pakistani bystander was brutally run over by a US Embassy car. The US has been rebuffed and Pakistan will try him in a court of law. Islamabad so far has not recognized Raymond Davis as a diplomat.
At least in public the PPPP government is putting forward a brave front saying that “American influence would not be allowed to affect the criminal proceedings”.
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