Protests for Aafia Siddiqui Grow in Pakistan

Love | Peace| The comparatively quiet story of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s conviction in Manhattan federal court of trying to kill American servicemen interrogating her in Afghanistan has hit the big screen, as a result of thousands of protesters flooding the streets of Pakistan.

In response, Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari directed his government to immediately establish contact with the family of Doctor Aafia Siddiqui, and begin negotiating her release from an American prison. Read on in Love | Peace.

This scenario comes at a time when the Obama Administration is responding to stinging attacks that the US remains a sitting duck that’s soft on prosecuting terrorists. Read Politico’s White House defends tack on terror trials, then consider the possibility that a perfect storm is brewing here. Anne