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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/nyregion/03indict.html
Terrorist Indictment Hints of Plan to Attack U.S. Landmarks
[New York Times] Benjamin Weiser - A Pakistani neuroscientist was carrying handwritten notes when she was detained in Afghanistan that referred to a "mass casualty attack" and listed landmarks like the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, according to a federal indictment announced on Tuesday. The scientist, Aafia Siddiqui, 36, is being held on charges that she tried to kill American soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan. Siddiqui, who has been described by American officials as an al-Qaeda operative, was taken into custody in July after being found loitering outside an Afghan police station with suspicious items in her handbag. After being in custody, she picked up an unsecured rifle and fired at least two shots toward one of the soldiers who was part of an American team of FBI agents and military personnel who were about to question her.