The story of the grey Lady in Bargam.

'Afia siddiqui', a name not familiar to many of you. When i had first heard about her, the news had shook me. Shook me because she was guilty, guilty of being a muslim in a first world country.

Post 9/11 has been a horrifying ordeal for the devout muslims residing in the U.S territory.each living in fear when they and their families would be pulled out and accused. Afia siddiqui was one such victim of the U.S persecution. She is the most aggrieved ravaged victims of the post 9/11 'war on terror'.

Let me first create a subtle image of afia.this woman was a 110pound frail woman  with degrees from MIT and a doctorate in neurocognitive science from Brandeis.Afia was passionate about islam and distributed qurans at MIT.
The times calles her the 'al-Qaida' woman, she is accused of smuggling of diamonds for Al-Qaida.

Boston Magazine's Katherine Oxment asked: "Who's afraid of Aafia Siddiqui? She went to MIT and Brandeis, married a (physician, lived in Boston), cared for her children....raised money for charities....did other volunteer work, hosted play groups in her apartment, (is) deeply religious....distribute(d) Korans to inmates in area prisons," and did nothing out of the ordinary. (She) "was a normal woman living a normal American life. Until the FBI called her a terrorist....a high-profile Al Qaeda operative," but we've seen these charges before, and each time they were bogus. They're egregiously so against Aafia - a woman guilty only of being Muslim at the wrong time in America or elsewhere if you're on Washington's target list.

Afia was being kept in secret custody by the U.S military.when the pakistani embassy requested for afia to be repatriated, the FBI denied the arrest and said that the unnamed female prisoner was somebody else.

THE U.S BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN TORTURE PRISON

Afia disappeared into Bagram hell after her abduction where she was called the 'GREY LADY' because of her heart wrenching screams. Aafia was repeatedly raped and tortured. Her screams reverberated the walls of the prison day and night. She was physically and mentally tortured to such an extent that the prisoners went on a hunger strike.

Prisoners in Bagram are held in wire cages, given buckets for latrine and tortured and subjected to indignities. 

 In February 2005, The London Guardian reported that a prisoner named Mustafa was blindfolded, handcuffed, gagged, and forced to bend down over a table by three US soldiers. They then "forcibly rammed a stick up my rectum....I could not stop screaming when this happened."

Another case involved Wesam Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Deemawi. For over a 40 days, he was threatened with dogs, stripped and photographed "in shameful and obscene positions," placed in a cage with a hook and hanging rope, and hung on it blindfolded for two days. Both men were never charged and were later released.

Other prisoners were beaten, chained, hung from the ceiling by their wrists, and subjected to numerous other tortures and indignities - for months or years. In some cases so horrifically died.

Today, Afia continues to be a ghost, a spectre whose screams haunt those who heard her. The image of that frail looking woman has turned out to be deplorable.uprooted teeth, broken badly fixed nose, sunken eyes, have one kidney removed and her torso stitched up negligently and Her condition is horrific.she is not mentally stable to stand trial

The U.S and the international law unequivocally states the prisoner detention and their treatment but the rule under Bush defiles it and Obama has turned a blind eye to the malpractices. Secret detention is strictly prohibited and also the humane treatment of the prisoners Is clearly stated in the law. But eh, who cares. The U.S is the hero and the east can be squashed like a cockroach under its mighty feet. 

We the people are nothing. Nothing but mere spectators to the torture and obcenities that the mighty subject us to. We are the audience, they control the show. By some unfortuitous time, we just might become their pawn. We are lucky to sleep on our beds, they were merely unlucky to have been chosen. 

Sweet dreams.

If you would like to request Dr Aafia’s immediate repatriation to Pakistan you can write to:

Eric Holder: Attorney General, US Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001, Tel: +1 202 353 1555, Email: AskDoJ@usdoj.gov

John Kerry: Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20520, Tel: +1 202 647 4000, Fax: +1 202 261 8577, Email: Tweet: @StateDept

And if you would like to send a message of support to Dr Aafia you should write to:

AAFIA SIDDIQUI # 90279-054
FMC CARSWELL
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 27137

FORT WORTH, TX 76127