Daniel Pearl, a journalist with American and Israeli citizenship, was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and later murdered by Al-Qaeda member Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Pakistan.
Pearl was kidnapped while working as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Mumbai, India. He had gone to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between Richard Reid (the “shoe bomber”) and Al-Qaeda. He was subsequently beheaded by his captors.
His final words were: “My name is Daniel Pearl. I’m a Jewish American from Encino, California, USA. I come from, uh, on my father’s side the family is Zionist. My father’s Jewish, my mother’s Jewish, I’m Jewish. My family follows Judaism. We’ve made numerous family visits to Israel.”
Many Jews were particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish identity. A book titled “I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired By The Last Words Of Daniel Pearl” was published in 2005.
In July 2002, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, was sentenced to death by hanging for Pearl’s abduction and murder. In March 2007, at a closed military hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed stated that he had personally beheaded Pearl.
12 years later, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has not been formally accused nor tried for the crime. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains why.
Don’t simplify a very complex issue he hasn’t been try because they are not sure how to not because they don’t want to. You make it sound like he’s roaming the streets of Kabul
He’s been a prisoner for over a decade, and will never be released, so what difference does it make when and whether he faces trial, or on what charges?