NEW YORK AP – A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist and reputed al-Qaida supporter punctuated the first day of her attempted murder trial Tuesday by shouting that the prosecution’s first witness was lying, prompting her to be pulled from the courtroom.
Aafia Siddiqui is charged with trying to kill U.S. military officers and FBI agents in an Afghanistan police station after grabbing a U.S. soldier’s rifle. Her outburst came less than two hours after her trial began in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
