More Islamophobia

A Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, was sentenced to 86 years in prison on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

The case of the scientist, Aafia Siddiqui, 38, had attracted wide attention, including in Pakistan where she was portrayed by politicians and the news media as a heroine, as well as from human rights groups. Her lawyers had requested a sentence of 12 years, while prosecutors had pressed for a life sentence.

In 2004, she was described by Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the F.B.I., as “an Al Qaeda operative and facilitator.” And when she was arrested in 2008, she was carrying in her purse instructions on making explosives and a list of New York landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/scientist-gets-86-years-for-firing-at-americans/

"[I]n Pakistan . . . she was portrayed by politicians and the news media as a heroine", after she was caught "trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan" and "carrying in her purse instructions on making explosives and a list of New York landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building."

I'm sure the guilt ridden liberals at Time magazine think she's another victim of Islamophobia.