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Written by Yvonne Ridley   
Thursday, 07 August 2008
I personally spoke with Lt. Col. Mark Wright at the US Pentagon who denied all knowledge of Prisoner 650 or Dr Aafia Siddique.

The FBI lost much of its credibility when its chief J. Edgar Hoover was revealed to be a transvestite who preferred to be called Mary.

Hoover, probably the most powerful men in America some say even more powerful then the presidents he served under, was the originator of dirty tricks campaign and kept a lot of dirt on other people in his files.

The only players who were immune to Hoover's secret files were those who had secrets of their own about his personal life - namely, the Mafia. Mafia bosses obtained information about Hoover's sex life and used it for decades to keep the FBI at bay. Without this, the Mafia as we know it might never have gained its hold in America.

In May of 1972, Hoover - approaching his fifty-five-year anniversary with the Justice Department - boasted that the FBI remained the organization that he built upon his own principles and standards - of course now we know exactly what standards Hoover aka Mary had.

The FBI never really recovered its power or prestige once Hoover was ousted as a cross dresser.

There was more scandal to follow when Acting Director L. Patrick Gray was forced to resign after being caught up in the Watergate drama which brought down President Richard Nixon aka Tricky Dicky.

The FBI is supposed to be an institute based around freedom and democracy; instead it has become a factory from which lies and deceit are manufactured.

The reason for this brief history lesson into the FBI will now become apparent.

You see it is quite obvious that from cross dressers, liars and fraudsters, the FBI has now moved into the realms of fantasy land with the news that Dr. Aafia Siddique has "conveniently" been found outside a governor's office in Afghanistan with her 12 year old son ... FIVE years after her disappearance in Karachi.

According to the FBI she was in possession of "numerous documents describing the creation of explosives, as well as excerpts from the Anarchist's Arsenal, descriptions of various landmarks in the United States, including in New York City" - you know, all the regular stuff a female terrorist would carry in her handbag!

The fantasists who concocted this story may as well have put Dr. Siddique in Hoover's old red dress while they were on with it.

What we do know is that she has been shot at and injured. She was extradited to New York last night (Monday) and is being held in a prison in Manhatten down the road from the nightclub where Hoover used to pose as Mary.

She faces charges of attempted murder and assault of a US officer.

Does the FBI really think we are all that stupid and gullible?

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui - who had been sought by the FBI for several years regarding terrorism according to their website - is accused of shooting at two FBI special agents, a US Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters who unknowingly entered a room where she was being held unsecured.

She fired two shots, but hit no one, officials said. The warrant officer returned fire with a pistol, shooting Siddiqui at least once. She struggled with the officers before she lost consciousness, said officials, adding that she received medical attention.

The day before the shootings, Afghan police had arrested Siddiqui outside the Ghazni governor's compound after finding bomb-making instructions, excerpts from the "Anarchist's Arsenal," papers with descriptions of US landmarks and substances sealed 20 in bottles and glass jars.

This all happened two weeks after I had given a press conference in Islamabad calling on the US to handover Prisoner 650 - The Grey lady of Bagram.

Coincidence? May be - but if the FBI think that we are going to buy the bovine scatterings they have just released to the US media they really do live in La La Land.

Let's look at the cold hard fact of the case.

Dr Siddiqui, 36, is an American-educated neuroscientist. Since 2003, Siddiqui's whereabouts have been the source of much speculation. According to Amnesty International, Siddiqui and her three small children were reported apprehended in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2003 after the FBI issued at alert requesting information about her location earlier that month.

Several reports indicated Siddiqui was in US custody after her arrest in Karachi. But in May 2004 then-Attorney General Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller identified Siddiqui among several sought-after al Qaeda members.

Human rights group and a lawyer for Ms. Siddiqui, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, say they believe that she has been secretly detained since 2003, for much of that time at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

"We believe Aafia has been in custody ever since she disappeared," Ms. Sharp said in a telephone interview yesterday, "and we're not willing to believe that the discovery of Aafia in Afghanistan is coincidence."

American military and intelligence officials said that Ms. Siddiqui was in Pakistan for most of the past five years until she resurfaced last month and was captured by the Afghans.

She and her 12-year-old son were arrested in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on July 17. The American officials accused Ms Siddiqui trying to bomb the residence of Ghazni's provincial governor.

Someone who also does not buy this nonsense is Asim Qureshi, Senior Researcher for the British-based international human rights organization Cage prisoners has issued the following statement, "There are many questions that the FBI and the Pakistani government need to answer in light of this admission. Why have the FBI continued to pretend to be seeking her while all the while knowing of her detention in Afghanistan? Is Aafia indeed Prisoner 650 whose screams were heard by former Bagram prisoners?

"Aafia Siddiqui is a woman who has been plagued by a number of problems in her life, none of which have anything to do with involvement with al-Qaeda. During the years the US claim she was working as an operative for the organization she was in fact the victim of domestic violence at the hands of an abusive husband. Community members in Boston declare that she was incapable of any violence, let alone being involved with a terrorist group.

"Whilst we welcome this disclosure reform the FBI, it has only come after mounting international pressure, and five years of detention and abuse. Siddiqui's case represents the problem of disappearances in Pakistan in the most tragic way. The acceptance by the FBI that Siddiqui has been in custody in Afghanistan raises important questions which must be answered by the Pakistani and US governments. Siddiqui must be returned to Pakistan in order to faces charges for any crime she may have committed or released along with her children."

Cage prisoners have led 20th campaign for Aafia Siddiqui for the past three years. Since her disappearance in March 2003 in Karachi, along with her three young children, the FBI has continually denied reports of her detention and that she was in their custody.

I am proud to be a patron of Cage Prisoners. Less than two weeks before this fiasco emerged, I traveled to Pakistan with Cage prisoners Director, Saghir Hussain, to launch their report, Devoid of the Rule of the Law, at a press conference organized by Imran Khan.

The press conference sparked an international storm of outrage, when I asked my colleagues in the Pakistan media to put pressure on the US to identify Prisoner 650 and the release of Aafia Siddiqui.

I personally spoke with Lt. Col. Mark Wright at the US Pentagon who denied all knowledge of Prisoner 650 or Dr Aafia Siddique.

Now I do not believe for one minute Lt. Col. Wright was lying - in fact I did suggest to him that the people he was speaking to in Afghanistan (the FBI) might be lying to him. I did ask him to call me back when he had the facts.

Perhaps Lt. Col. Wright you might want to make that call now and tell me the truth about Dr. Siddique and Prisoner 650 ... but whatever you do mate, do not get your facts from the FBI which stands for Fantasy Brigade International ... and that's just the polite version.


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1. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 17-09-2008 01:41
what is an appology worth in this day and age. we do wrongs say sorry then do it again. these words have become devalued. for this ladiy's sufferring these people cannot compensate for one day of her sufferring let alone five years and yet it continues. had these people had any decency they could have handed the kids to her family or were they too guilty of some heinous crime.but no use the kids good interrogation procedure
2. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 16-09-2008 15:42
Thank you for putting yourself where the average civilian can not, may god bless you and i pray for the safe return of Aafia and her two remaining children.
3. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 08-09-2008 10:24
Dear vyonne ridley  
soory people when i first posted my comments i made an error and now i have made corrections please forgive me. 
 
Greatest story !  
you have surfaced her with your committed cause. I am indebted for your efforts you made for her only and its my appeal to all the journalists around the globe to please write and report the truth, dont fall into dicky trick games. dont use your pen and voice forvested interests and follow Vyonne and I am hopefull one day as a result you ill also embrace what she embraced.  
Vyonne you would be in my prayers and expect same from you.
4. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 01-09-2008 17:49
Thank you for your efforts in getting Aaafia's plight into an otherwise complacent society. Her tragic situation should make every human being ashamed of being a part of a society that has no problem torturing/abusing woman and children to FEEL secure.
5. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 30-08-2008 20:16
I have created a petition which is now live on line. For those who would like to sign it I leave a link: 
 
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/kidnap-unlawful-and-brutal-detention-by-fbi-of-dr-aafia-siddiqui-and-her-three-children-since-march
6. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 29-08-2008 11:26
Dear vyonne ridley 
 
Greatest story !  
you have surfaced her with your committed cause. I am indebted for your efforts you made for her only and its my appeal to all the journalists around the globe to please write and report the truth, dont fall into dicky trick games. dont use your pen and voice for truth.  
Vyonne you would be in my prayers and expect same from you.
7. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 28-08-2008 15:20
Without belittling any of Yvonne's efforts, it is very easy to understand why the region is producing so many suicide bombers! If the Pakistani governement is not safegaurding its own citizen's who else will? If it is upto people like Yvonne to look after stranded Pakistani's than what is use of having a Pakistani government?
8. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 26-08-2008 16:12
What kind of animal these people are? What pleasure these animals get in torturing a little woman? Even Satan himself would be taking lessons form these lowest of the lows. The first shaheedah in Islam was Sumayah (RA) who was a slave and was mytared by being stabbed on her private part. She died a painful death and then her pain was over, but her killer will be in many million times more pain and wouldn't die.  
 
What Dr Aafia Siddiqui has suffered so far and her 3 little children have suffered so far is so horrible that words cannot explain it, yet their pain and suffering pales in comparison to the punishment those criminals will receive whether they are Pakistani or American. 
 
These Lucifarians and devil worshippers can hurt a little woman and laugh and enjoy while it last, but the hurt will eventually come to them too and the last laugh will definetly be ours. 
 
Sister Yvonne Ridley deserves a lot of our gratitude and duas and support for blowing the wistle on this crime. May Allah make her stronger and give her more Eeman and taqwa and give her courage and in the hereafter give her the best of Paradise, Al-Firdous.  
InshaAllah.
9. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 20-08-2008 00:34
thank you so much and jazakAllahu khairan for your efforts.
10. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 19-08-2008 22:00
I sent comments on your excellent article in the past few days. It would appear they never got through. 
 
Notwithstanding, I pray for many blessings upon you for the work you have done in uncovering what the FBI have done to this woman. This horrific matter is a matter for the conscience of all of mankind
11. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 18-08-2008 20:41
Sister Yvonne Ridley 
Assalomo'alaikum 
Your article is excellent. Thank you from all my heart for uncovering some the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and for standing up to the thugs of the FBI. Thank you for bringing this to the notice of the world at large, a matter that belongs to the conscience of all of humanity.  
I admire your courage, both during the time of your own captivity by the Taliban and now in fearlessly facing the captors of Aafia Siddiqui and uncovering significant information of her condition and whereabouts. 
May the blessings of Allah be with you always.
12. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 18-08-2008 14:51
Sister Yvonne 
Assalamo \'alaikum 
 
Thank you for the valiant efforts you have made in exposing the horrendous ordeal Aafia Siddiqui has faced at the hands of the FBI. Your article is excellent and has raised my spirits that someone like you is instrumental in bringing this matter to the attention of the world. May Allah bless you over and over again for what you have achieved and may you be instrumental as well in securing her immediate release 
 
I learnt about the tragedy of Aafia Siddiqui only ten days ago. Reading whatever I managed to in that time I can truthfully say that my world was blown to smithereens by what I discovered.  
 
You mention a twelve year old. Has the FBI not come clean about the other two children? 
 
Unaware of what you had done for Aafia, I tried unsuccessfully to have this aired on the Oprah site so that those Americans who are blissfully unaware of the perverted behaviours and malpractices of the FBI around the globe should speak up for a probe into their dark and loathesome modus operandi. 
 
I wrote the following entitled \"Prisoner 650\" last weekend hoping I might be able to use it for bringing the ordeal of Aafia to as wide a public as possible: 
 
Prisoner 650 
 
A mere scribe, now painfully numbed, 
As unholy tidings waft through the bloodied air 
Shards of screams no one hears 
From a solitary cell in Bagram 
Drowned by the regular whistling swoosh of the warplanes overhead 
Intent only on distributing their deadly cargo 
Of death and destruction 
 
Speak, O thou the walls of Bagram, confess 
Thine witness of every moment 
Of that which befell 
A noble and innocent daughter of Eve 
At the hands of brigands and thieves 
Lecherous interrogators and executioners 
Whilst you stood in silence 
When even the Heart of God trembled 
At the criminal misdeeds of His creatures 
 
Alas, late in the day, comes to me, 
The wretched scribe, this tale of woe and treachery 
Striking mine heart as bolts of lightning from afar 
To mine eyes that see in unbelief the pain of years 
To my mind, a tragedy incomprehensible. 
But speak shall my broken heart  
To the consciences of one and all 
Woe, o scribe that thou wast born to hear and witness it now 
 
Lulled by the triumphs and commiserations at Beijing 
Tranquilised by senseless merry-making 
In a world where wanton killings and rape abound 
While sharks trade gleefully 
Building mountains of gold 
Their tills ringing the songs of dollars and cents 
 
Woe to thee, o scribe! 
For bearing witness to mankind’s depravity 
Seemingly a long time to eight and two thousand years of the calendar 
But in the shortest of an eye blink 
A descent into deepest hell 
Whilst my sister, chained and bound 
Is raped repeatedly on yet another new day 
Like yesterday and the day before and 
Every day going back in time 
To three and two thousand years of the calendar 
Whilst three babes scream as they are tortured  
Within sight of her and without, 
Their screams mingling with hers 
In a horrific eternal bottomless scream 
That humanity has chosen to ignore 
 
Brutal crimes of recent memory 
Of Hitler and Stalin are compressed as anew in a bundle 
Upon the body and soul of one woman and her children 
By the faceless lackeys of a government 
Priding itself in civilized behaviour  
Having contributed to the world 
Napalm 
And the ultimate weapons of mass killing 
And yet as the woman is tortured and defiled 
Not a murmur is within earshot from the global community 
Not any man of religion, guru, spiritual teachers of any ilk 
Has stood up for her 
More intent on downing Coca Colas and MacDonalds 
 
With trembling hands and a weeping heart the scribe must go on 
Bearing witness 
To my Maker (and yours who read these words) 
Not millions of pardons will atone for that which my fellow man 
Has unleashed upon this innocent four-some 
Or has the number been reduced to the single person of my sister? 
 
Abducted was she along with her babes 
By the dark and burly men of the ISI 
Promptly exchanged for measly dollars and cents 
Traded in broad daylight, given to the faceless burly men of the FBI 
Ruffians and thugs schooled in immorality and bestiality 
Men of no accountability even to their masters. 
Woe to thee O scribe, woe, woe, and more woe! 
Mothers, sisters and daughters sold and bought 
In the currency of dollars and cents 
While humanity was lulled into hypnotic submission  
By the might of those who wielded the guns and dollars and cents 
 
Forgive this scribe O Lord Almighty God, Merciful Creator of one and all 
For my failure to hear these heart-rending cries for help 
My sister and her babes issued from their dungeon in Bagram 
Every day of five years and more 
Forgive me, Compassionate and Merciful One 
For the failure of mine heart to register cruelty upon cruelty 
And for mine eyes to be seduced by the global trance 
 
Woe to thee o scribe 
And shame upon shame upon one and all 
Ignominious workers of evil, blots on the names of all 
Desecrators of Holy Commandments  
Brought by Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham  
And others through time 
Shame and fie upon those who took a babe one month old 
His older brothers of two and four 
In the name of counter-terrorism! What! 
Forgive me God, forgive me God, forgive me 
 
Bear witness then o scribe 
My sister who has been defiled, robbed of her dignity 
Broken in every cell of her being and in every avenue within her mind 
Is the very same who was celebrated 
By her mentors and teachers at MIT 
And upon whom and her little children the FBI thrust the mantle of terrorism 
 
Bear further witness then o scribe to the sighs in the air 
Of yesteryear when there was hope, sunshine and love 
In the heart of one so young 
For whom the sky and stars were shut out, her heart plucked 
And her mind rendered senseless and insane many times over 
And yet the dastardly vultures came for more and more 
Every day of five years and more 
Never satiated, never enough 
Terror, terror and more terror 
That grips my heart upon the very thought  
Of every fresh approach of the footsteps of her tormentors and jailers 
Foul breathed and foul mouthed; 
Of every wail of her children 
Of the fresh beatings and heinous defilement of body to come 
Fie civilization, fie fie fie for evermore 
Primitive Godless heedless barbarians 
 
Bear witness again, o scribe, that the very same sister of mine 
Is no other than the Grey Woman of Bagram 
Or Prisoner 650, if you prefer 
Otherwise, before she was cruelly and mercilessly broken, Doctor Aafia Siddiqui. 
Even the walls of Bagram could bear it no longer; 
The Grey Woman of Bagram, so it is said, is now caged in Guantanamo Bay. 
 
Forgive m e O Almighty God, and remove from me the accursed knowledge 
That teachers of God and men of religion of my time 
Have been busy discoursing the nature of enlightenment 
But with no time to hear the anguished pleas of my innocent sister  
And the cries of her babes 
Which have been echoing endlessly through the universe 
Visit your Mercy upon my sister and her children, O Lord 
Heal them and set them free 
 
Wasalaam and may Allah bless you for everything. 
 
 
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13. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 18-08-2008 14:09
May Allah reward you immensely Sr. Yvonne for your efforts...null
14. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 13-08-2008 03:24
The FBI is treating everyone with a sweet sppon of PROPOGANDA in this case. . . What they fail to understand is that the rest of the world is not as dumb as they assume. I beleive they should be strong enough to accept the fact that they had held her, and come up with a state apology, which I know would never come, such is the irony. . . .
15. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 12-08-2008 08:04
Well!! whoever involve in trapping Sister Afia will get a return on the judgment day!! What i know that she has lost her life!!! A beautiful one and we all are equally responsible for this, 
 
Finally, Thanks to Yvonne Riddley for her brilliant effort in exposing the truth.
16. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 11-08-2008 23:50
Thanks to Sister Yvonne for having the courage & tenacity to finally bring this tragedy into the public domain. It needed someone of her stature, along with Imran Khan, to bring some credibility to this horrendous matter. what can people like me do to help bring the suffering of this poor unfortunate girl and her young children to an end? May God reward all the brave souls who are trying to help, especially Sister Yvonne & Imran.Code:

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17. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 10-08-2008 22:00
We can pray. 
Oh Allah, you know everything, she is one of your creature. Please give her your mercy and blessing.
18. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 10-08-2008 17:27
Hoover, the FBI, and Aafia Siddiqui. 
Dear administrator please note that the name written on this comment no 2 by me is Dr NUHAMMAD irfan.but my correct name is Dr MUHAMMAD IRFAn
19. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 10-08-2008 17:27
Hoover, the FBI, and Aafia Siddiqui. 
Dear administrator please note that the name written on this comment no 2 by me is Dr NUHAMMAD irfan.but my correct name is Dr MUHAMMAD IRFAn
20. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 10-08-2008 09:32
I have been reading about the exploits of the FBI and it seems you need to have some sort of sexual deviancy or fetish to qualify. may be that is a legacy of Hoover's that all his men and women should have some sort of perversion. 
From the books and stories I have read about their interrogation techniques from Vietnam to Guantanamo there is something decidedly odd about the way the use sex as a weapon. 
May be the FBI recruits from the membership lists of S & M clubs. It is an interesting theory and perhaps one which the FBI might want to defend. 
Although when your policies and methods have been formulated by a man called Mary ... hmm. Thank you for revealing the truth about these confused men and women - the Arthurs and Marthas in the Fantasists Brigade International.
21. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 09-08-2008 19:36
How one can expect sanity,modesty and justice from a group of rascals germinated from filth.How can they respect women when they don't know the name of their father.Indeed we are powerless today but be aware! we are not voiceless.I have a firm belief that sister Aafia's ordeal will rock many actors of the play.
22. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 09-08-2008 19:08
Dr.AAfia\'s brutal abduction and consequent inhumane treatment is another addition to the ominous existence of the extended american imperialism, and yet another addition to the piles of henous crimes against humanity perpetrated by the \"new con America\".FBI clearly stated that they actually dont have evidence to frame charges against Dr.Aafia and her case yet needs investigations.woe to so caled human right activists world wide who showed criminal silence towards this inhuman event ,for the mere reason that Dr.AAfia is a muslim and a Pakistani.Had she been a westerner ,there had been tremedous amount of media hype against the perpetraters and tons of views would have been aired.I think the Dr.Afia \"the daughter of Pakistan\"\'s brutal treatment and her illegal and criminal confinment reflects her perseverence and examplary bravery and resolve against the neo con terrorism and she has laid the foundation of ultimate doom of the capitalist-fascist monster known as USA.
23. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 08-08-2008 22:13
I am so appalled and outraged that the nation that so vehemently and violently preaches to others about human rights, has engaged in one of the most disgusting examples of violations of the most basic human rights. That is one of the worst examples of terrorism I ever heard of...state sponsored terrorism, no less.
24. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 08-08-2008 14:22
Excellent write-up. Thank you for raising your voice.
25. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 08-08-2008 11:13
sister yvonne......i personally owe your kindness for us being pakistani and muslims..its you who put this issue in the lime light after 5 yrs when the whole nation had forgot it. its becoz of you that again the debate is on for her release in the country and the coward americans had to produce her in their custody after 5 yrs of disappearance. I don't try to debate on taleban, but we can see the difference of the treatment of prisoners between so called champion of human rights countries and the treatment by taleban of prisoners like you once, merely due to the blessing of Islam. 
 
this incident is a shame on the face of this whole civilized world. and dictators like Musharraf. Sister I am personally greatful to u that you had been so instrumental to raise the issue of one of our sisters. May Allah bless you and give you more success in your profession. Ameen
26. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 08-08-2008 04:39
Salam, 
Everyone has rights to know the facts and I think, now the whole world should know the true story of it and also of all other Pakistani missing persons. 
 
Thanks for such a nice article and bringing this matter on media.

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