Woman 'Terror' Scientist In Court

Early next week a New York court will hear the bail application of the only woman ever to be accused of working for al Qaeda - but she is not being charged with terror offences.

No - neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui is charged with attempted murder after allegedly attempting to shoot American agents as they prepared to interview her in Kabul.

It is claimed the mother-of-three grabbed a gun that had been accidentally placed on the floor by a soldier and it is also claimed she was shot during the attack.

Dr Siddiqui is also allegedly married to the nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a current Guantanamo Bay inmate and the man who claims to have masterminded the 9/11 attacks.

By any standards this is an interesting case but there is a lot more to it.