Dr Aafia seeks meeting with Obama

Dr Aafia seeks meeting with Obama
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Dr Aafia Siddiqui has asked for a meeting with President Obama, and added that she did not trust her counsels.During the hearing of case against Ms Aafia for firing at an FBI agent in Afghanistan and having links with al-Qaeda, Dr Aafia said that immense injustice has been meted out to her in the court and called for a right to select her own lawyers.She said she wanted to meet US President in order to convince him to maintain peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan regions.The prosecutors alleged that maps of statue of liberty and other US buildings besides list of bio chemical arms were recovered from her possession. While Aafias counsel said that there was no evidence nor any finger prints on the arms that were allegedly being recovered from her.The case was deferred till January 19.
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