NEWS ABOUT: Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl stories: 2 news briefs
Killer, major bank named in NY lawsuit
Reuters Jul 19, 07 7:45 AM CDT
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Mariane Pearl, widow of the Wall Street Journal reporter who was beheaded in 2002, has filed a suit in New York against Al-Qaeda for Daniel Pearl's "senseless kidnapping, torture and murder." Habib Bank—one of the biggest banks in Pakistan, which is linked to charities supporting terrorist groups—was also named in the lawsuit.
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Pakistani police say suspects were caught in a car with explosives
Associated Press Jun 5, 07 7:51 AM CDT
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Police in Pakistan have nabbed two men suspected of involvement in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The two suspects —alleged members of a Al Qaeda affiliate—were picked up traveling in a car full of weapons and explosives, police said. One of them, Attaur Rehman, allegedly supervised Pearl's imprisonment in a shack before he was killed.
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