Auggie Doggie
02-21-2002, 08:22 PM
Ever since I got a copy of USA Today from my school just for laughs and saw the Pearl case, I kept a good eye on it.
And now, he was confirmed dead by a tape showing him being gunned down sent to the government. It is even more proof that Terrorism Just Plain Sucks with a capital "S."
Apparently, big brother Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/) reports the following:
U.S. Reporter Kidnapped in Pakistan Confirmed Dead
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped last month in Pakistan while trying to make contact with Islamic extremists, was slain by his captors, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a killing President Bush called a ''criminal, barbaric'' act.
Pearl's family said it was a ``senseless murder'' that had silenced ``a gentle soul.''
A statement issued by local authorities in Pakistan said a videotape received by Pakistani and U.S. officials showed scenes of Pearl's murder. ``The recorded videotape contained scenes showing Daniel Pearl in captivity and scenes of his murder by the kidnappers,'' it said.
One U.S. official in Washington called the tape ``very gruesome.'' He provided no details.
The 38-year-old reporter disappeared in the volatile southern city of Karachi on Jan. 23 while investigating possible links between alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid and Saudi-born extremist Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
The group that had claimed to hold Pearl, calling itself The National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, accused him of being a spy -- first for the CIA then for Israeli intelligence -- and said it was protesting U.S. treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
``We are heartbroken,'' Wall Street Journal Publisher Peter Kann and Managing Editor Paul Steiger said in a statement.
``His murder is an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of everything Danny's kidnappers claimed to believe in,'' they said. ``Their actions must surely bring shame to all true Pakistani patriots.''
Pearl's family called him ``a beloved son, a brother, an uncle, a husband and a father to a child who will never know him.'' Pearl's wife Mariane, who was with him in Karachi, is more than six months pregnant with their first child, a son.
BUSH SADDENED BY PEARL'S DEATH
In Beijing, President Bush said he was deeply saddened by Pearl's death, saying the killing would only hurt the cause of his captors.
``All Americans are sad and angry to learn of the murder,'' Bush told reporters in Beijing, where he is on the final day of a six-day trip to Asia.
``Those who would threaten Americans, those who would engage in criminal, barbaric acts, need to know that these crimes only hurt their cause and only deepen the resolve of the United States of America to rid the world of these agents of terror.''
Pearl, the Journal's South Asian bureau chief based in Bombay, India, for the past two years, had been working in Karachi for three weeks when he was kidnapped.
Friends said Pearl was smart, sweet, soft-spoken, self-effacing and unlikely to take unreasonable risks. He also was a talented fiddler, guitarist and classical violinist. One of three children, Pearl's father was an academic and his mother a computer consultant.
Pearl's family said in their statement that ``up until a few hours ago we were confident that Danny would return safely, for we believed no human being would be capable of harming such a gentle soul.''
Outside the temporary newsroom in New York of The Wall Street Journal, which was displaced after the Sept. 11 attacks near its downtown offices, Journal reporters said they had been asked by management not to talk about Pearl.
One unidentified reporter said people inside the newsroom were extremely upset. Another called Pearl's death ``a despicable act.''
'JUST A REGULAR GUY'
``He was just a regular guy doing his job. He wouldn't hurt a fly. It's just disgusting,'' the reporter said.
Journal editor Connie Ford, who worked with Pearl in Washington, said: ``We were hopeful this would turn out positively, that there would be a somewhat happy ending.''
Pearl, a Princeton, New Jersey, native, grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford University.
He began his career at small newspapers in Massachusetts before becoming a business reporter at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in the 1980s. He joined the Journal in 1990, working in Atlanta, Washington, London and Paris before moving to India.
In New York, the Committee to Protect Journalists called Pearl's death ``brutal, wanton, and senseless.''
``His loss will be felt most by those who knew him best, but all of us are diminished because we have been deprived of his unique voice,'' the CPJ said. ``Danny was skeptical, critical, and courageous in his reporting. He believed firmly in the truth, and he died searching for it.''
Earlier on Thursday, Fahad Naseem, one of three men accused of involvement in the kidnapping said Pearl was abducted because he was a Jew working against Islam, his lawyer said.
Pakistan police in early February arrested Naseem and two other suspects for sending e-mails to media organizations that showed Pearl in captivity.
The Journal is owned by publisher Dow Jones & Co
I wonder how the Wall Street Journal will do without him. Also, I would like to see the WSJ's tribute to a strong member of their team...can anyone tell me where those papers are sold?
And now, he was confirmed dead by a tape showing him being gunned down sent to the government. It is even more proof that Terrorism Just Plain Sucks with a capital "S."
Apparently, big brother Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/) reports the following:
U.S. Reporter Kidnapped in Pakistan Confirmed Dead
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped last month in Pakistan while trying to make contact with Islamic extremists, was slain by his captors, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a killing President Bush called a ''criminal, barbaric'' act.
Pearl's family said it was a ``senseless murder'' that had silenced ``a gentle soul.''
A statement issued by local authorities in Pakistan said a videotape received by Pakistani and U.S. officials showed scenes of Pearl's murder. ``The recorded videotape contained scenes showing Daniel Pearl in captivity and scenes of his murder by the kidnappers,'' it said.
One U.S. official in Washington called the tape ``very gruesome.'' He provided no details.
The 38-year-old reporter disappeared in the volatile southern city of Karachi on Jan. 23 while investigating possible links between alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid and Saudi-born extremist Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
The group that had claimed to hold Pearl, calling itself The National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, accused him of being a spy -- first for the CIA then for Israeli intelligence -- and said it was protesting U.S. treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners.
``We are heartbroken,'' Wall Street Journal Publisher Peter Kann and Managing Editor Paul Steiger said in a statement.
``His murder is an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of everything Danny's kidnappers claimed to believe in,'' they said. ``Their actions must surely bring shame to all true Pakistani patriots.''
Pearl's family called him ``a beloved son, a brother, an uncle, a husband and a father to a child who will never know him.'' Pearl's wife Mariane, who was with him in Karachi, is more than six months pregnant with their first child, a son.
BUSH SADDENED BY PEARL'S DEATH
In Beijing, President Bush said he was deeply saddened by Pearl's death, saying the killing would only hurt the cause of his captors.
``All Americans are sad and angry to learn of the murder,'' Bush told reporters in Beijing, where he is on the final day of a six-day trip to Asia.
``Those who would threaten Americans, those who would engage in criminal, barbaric acts, need to know that these crimes only hurt their cause and only deepen the resolve of the United States of America to rid the world of these agents of terror.''
Pearl, the Journal's South Asian bureau chief based in Bombay, India, for the past two years, had been working in Karachi for three weeks when he was kidnapped.
Friends said Pearl was smart, sweet, soft-spoken, self-effacing and unlikely to take unreasonable risks. He also was a talented fiddler, guitarist and classical violinist. One of three children, Pearl's father was an academic and his mother a computer consultant.
Pearl's family said in their statement that ``up until a few hours ago we were confident that Danny would return safely, for we believed no human being would be capable of harming such a gentle soul.''
Outside the temporary newsroom in New York of The Wall Street Journal, which was displaced after the Sept. 11 attacks near its downtown offices, Journal reporters said they had been asked by management not to talk about Pearl.
One unidentified reporter said people inside the newsroom were extremely upset. Another called Pearl's death ``a despicable act.''
'JUST A REGULAR GUY'
``He was just a regular guy doing his job. He wouldn't hurt a fly. It's just disgusting,'' the reporter said.
Journal editor Connie Ford, who worked with Pearl in Washington, said: ``We were hopeful this would turn out positively, that there would be a somewhat happy ending.''
Pearl, a Princeton, New Jersey, native, grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford University.
He began his career at small newspapers in Massachusetts before becoming a business reporter at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in the 1980s. He joined the Journal in 1990, working in Atlanta, Washington, London and Paris before moving to India.
In New York, the Committee to Protect Journalists called Pearl's death ``brutal, wanton, and senseless.''
``His loss will be felt most by those who knew him best, but all of us are diminished because we have been deprived of his unique voice,'' the CPJ said. ``Danny was skeptical, critical, and courageous in his reporting. He believed firmly in the truth, and he died searching for it.''
Earlier on Thursday, Fahad Naseem, one of three men accused of involvement in the kidnapping said Pearl was abducted because he was a Jew working against Islam, his lawyer said.
Pakistan police in early February arrested Naseem and two other suspects for sending e-mails to media organizations that showed Pearl in captivity.
The Journal is owned by publisher Dow Jones & Co
I wonder how the Wall Street Journal will do without him. Also, I would like to see the WSJ's tribute to a strong member of their team...can anyone tell me where those papers are sold?