NEW YORK AP – A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist accused of helping al-Qaida and shooting at FBI agents in Afghanistan was forced to appear in court Monday for a hearing to determine if she is competent to stand trial.
Aafia Siddiqui kept her hands folded as she entered court Monday surrounded by marshal’s deputies. When U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said that she was presumed innocent, she shook her head in apparent disagreement.