Posted on 12/24/2020 5:43:40 AM PST by BenLurkin
Sheikh was acquitted earlier this year of murdering Pearl, but has been held while Pearl’s family appeals the acquittal.
Sheikh was sentenced to death and the others to life in prison for their role in the plot. But in April, the Sindh High Court acquitted them, a move that stunned the U.S. government, Pearl’s family and journalism advocacy groups.
Sheikh was convicted of helping lure Pearl to a meeting in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, in which he was kidnapped. Pearl had been investigating the link between Pakistani militants and Richard C. Reid, dubbed the “Shoe Bomber” after trying to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami with explosives hidden in his shoes.
A gruesome video of Pearl’s beheading was sent to the U.S. consulate. The 38-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter from Encino, California was abducted Jan. 23, 2002.
In Sheikh’s original trial, emails between Sheikh and Pearl presented in court showed Sheikh gained Pearl’s confidence sharing their experiences as both waited for the birth of their first child. Pearl’s wife Marianne Pearl gave birth to a son, Adam, in May 2002.
Evidence entered into court accused Sheikh of luring Pearl to his death, giving the American journalist a false sense of security as he promised to introduce him to a cleric with militant links.
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Not one penny to Pakistan.
Despite the fact he was a journalist, the media will be silent on this.
Maybe let him go now and snatch him up before Jan 20th?
Qassem Soleimani “justice” comes to mind...
Absolutely nothing to the Muzz...
Mossad, Cleanup on aisle 666 Please. And take out the judge also.
If Trump is around for 4 more years this guy won’t.
Those additions include $10 million toward “gender programs” in Pakistan,
Maybe Danny Pearl’s beheader is gender fluid?
UNLESS we glue a penny on the head of a MOAB & wipe them completely out.
You’re my kind of guy.
Im hoping trump will give him some smoking shoes
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