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Prisoner 650(Grey Ghost of Bagram)

By Asim • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics

My name is Prisoner 650,
Known I am as the “Grey Ghost”
Of Bagram, my home, remember me
In years of silence, in moments
Of indifference, created by you
Familiar are those walls and rooms
Of torture, of questions and of abuse
Familiar are those old echoes,
As all ideologies fall away in shame
Of protection of rights and freedom
Familiar I am to these […]



Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and Mohammad Bin Qasim

By M Mirza • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



Grey Lady Aafia Siddiqui Surfaces

By Ali Yar Khan • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

So they say that she grabbed the pistol of an American warrant officer, and then shot at another American captain within a room, missed, and then she was shot, subdued by the American soldiers and FBI agents present. Up till the last moment, the dangerous Al Qaeda operative struggled and kicked and hurled customery expected […]



Who is Dr. Aafia Siddiqui?

By Saleem Khan • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Aafia Siddiqui was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 2, 1972. She was one of three children of Mohammad Siddiqui, a doctor trained in England. She is a mother of three.
Aafia moved to Texas in 1990 to be near her brother, and after spending a year at the University of Houston, transferred to MIT. Aafia […]