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Smearing Farha Ahmed

Posted by sarayasin on 02 Aug 2011 / 0 Comments

In June, a small business lawyer and politician named Farha Ahmed was in a run-off election against Harish Jajoo for a city council seat in Sugar Land, Texas. In the final hours of the election, an anonymous mailer was sent around the town proclaiming that Ahmed is connected to Al-Qaeda. The “concerned citizen” links her […]

Portrait of The Grey Lady: Aafia Siddiqui’s Construction in the Media

Posted by ayaan on 23 Feb 2010 / 0 Comments

Following a long trial, this month Aafia Siddiqui was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder of U.S. soldiers and FBI agents while being held in custody in Afghanistan in 2008. Known as “Lady al Qaeda,” she was identified in 2004 as the only woman among seven most wanted al Qaeda operatives. […]