How Aafia Siddiqui became an icon for terrorists

The hostage-taker at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is believed by US law enforcement to be motivated by the imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani who is serving an 86-year sentence at a prison in Fort Worth. She was arrested by US forces in Afghanistan almost a decade and half ago, yet her arrest continues to reverberate today.

source https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/opinions/aafia-saddiqui-terrorism-icon-bergen/index.html