A degree in neurological science, an award-winning student of the prestigious Massachuesetts Institute of Technology and, if one believes the American officials, one of the seven most dangerous terrorists who are planning to to carry out 'hard' attacks on the US.

Thirty-two-year Aafia Siddiqui of Pakistan has been identified as a 'dangerous' Al Qaeda terror operative by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Officials describe her as an 'angelic looking Pakistani'.

Like other suspects, Siddiqui, say officials, is highly capable of carrying out independent attacks. FBI director Robert Mueller told the press: "She has the ability to undertake planning, facilitation and attack against the United States whether it be within the United States itself or overseas."
 
She is the only woman among the seven named on Wednesday night and whose photographs were posted on the FBI website.

Despite being a woman, Mueller warned that she was an 'operative and facilitator of Osama bin laden's Al Qaeda terror network'. She is believed to have left Boston in January 2003. The FBI believes she is in Pakistan.

The Washington Post has linked Siddiqui to Adnan El Shukrijumah, another of the seven suspects who is said to have scouted sites across America that might be vulnerable to attack.

Saudi Arabia-born El Shukrijumah, 28, speaks English well, had lived in the United States for 15 years and has been trying to reenter America using various passports, Attorney General John Ashcroft told reporters.