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Musharraf to liquidate Muslims to protect Israelis
Professor Yehuda Pearl, father of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Daniel Pearl, has told Ha'aretz that he fears that making public his son's
Israeli citizenship could adversely affect investigative efforts by
Pakistani police to apprehend the killers and track down the murdered
reporter's body.
In a telephone conversation from his Los Angeles residence, Professor Pearl
expressed regret and anger over the revelation by the Israeli media of his
family's "Israeli connection." The U.S. media, which was aware of the
information, complied with the family's request not to make it public. The
American media was asked to comply with this request after information was
obtained that confirmed reports that the 38-year-old reporter was dead.
Professor Pearl went on to say that he had not viewed the videotape in which
his son's murder was documented and has no intention of doing so. He was
told of his son's death Thursday by U.S. government officials after they had
viewed the videotape and were convinced of its authenticity.
According to assessments presented to Professor Pearl, his son was killed
ten days after being kidnapped on January 23. The date of his death is based
on experts' viewing of the videotape and was determined according to the
length of Pearl's beard, as seen on the tape.
Pakistani police investigators said Saturday that Pearl's murderers never
meant to release him. The Pakistani police warned foreign organizations in
the country that they should be careful due to the fact that Pearl's
kidnapping may be part of a more far-reaching terrorist plot. They also
reported that the man who delivered the videotape documenting Pearl's murder
was arrested for questioning in Karachi, located in southern Pakistan.
The State Department said the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan had received evidence
Thursday that Pearl was dead. Spokesman Richard Boucher provided no details
on the evidence, although Pakistani authorities said that the videotape
indicated he had been murdered by the Islamic extremists who kidnapped him a
month ago.
Pearl, born in Princeton, New Jersey, died at the age of 38. He worked as a
reporter for the Wall Street Journal for twelve years. His last job was to
report from Afghanistan and Pakistan on the U.S. war against terror.
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.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf vowed Friday to leave no stone unturned
in hunting the killers of Pearl and declared war on all terrorists in
Pakistan.
In a national television address on Friday night, Musharraf said all
resources would be thrown into finding the executioners of the Wall Street
Journal reporter.
"I can assure my countrymen that we will not leave any stone unturned to
bring all these people involved in this murder to justice and set an example
of them for other such people who may be thinking of such acts in the
future," Musharraf declared, vowing to wipe out all extremist groups.
"I think our resolve increases with such acts to move more strongly against
all such terrorist people and those organizations which perpetrate such
terrorism. To move against them and liquidate them entirely from our
country," he said.
Source: News Agencies
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