Posted on 03/10/2002 12:43:59 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
KARACHI, March 10 (PNS): Sheikh Umer Saeed, the main accused in Wall Street Journal reporter Denial Pearl's murder case, appeared in the court of Judicial Magistrate Irm Jihangir here on Saturday.
Shaikh Omar who was arrested in Lahore on Feb 12 by Punjab Police and later was shifted to Karachi was brought to the court under strict security arrangement.
Omar's appearance was to allow the statement of a witness who identified him to be formally recorded before the court and to let his lawyer cross-examine the witness, a taxi driver. But his counsel Saiful Malook refused to cross-examine without having a detail meeting.
Earlier, the taxi driver, who drove Pearl to the restaurant, recorded his statement in the court under section 164. He told the court that Shaikh Omar had forcefully seated Daniel Pearl in his car.
Shaikh Omar however rejecting the statement said that the Taxi driver had given the statement due to intense police pressure.
The hearing took place in close doors and the court adjourned the hearing till March 12.
Meanwhile it is reported that The US government has sought Ahmed Saeed Omar Sheikh's extradition for the killing of an American, who, along with some other Western tourists, was abducted in occupied Kashmir some years back, and not in the Daniel Pearl kidnap and murder case.
However, sources said that the government would hold Omar's trial in the Pearl case in Pakistan if it was able to find sufficient evidence to get him convicted by Pakistani courts otherwise he would be extradited to the United States. Omar's point of view is that he remained in the Indian jails for four years and was charge-sheeted in the tourists' kidnap and murder case but no trial was ever held.
His stand is that he cannot be tried in the same case in the United States because nobody can be subjected to double jeopardy under the Americans' own law. He says that the Americans are working to try him in the same case.
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Never leave the Kiwis and the Aussies [America's First, Best and Most Consistent Ally!] of that list.
Leaving out a few moronic politicians, New Zealanders and Australians [As they are, once more, in Ashghastlystan] will always be with US!
His stand is that he cannot be tried in the same case in the United States because nobody can be subjected to double jeopardy under the Americans' own law. He says that the Americans are working to try him in the same case.
Won't he be surprised to find out that he, indeed, can be tried in US courts for the crime. Double jeopardy doesn't attach. Heck, he was only held for the kidnap & murder trial, but never tried in the Indian courts.
He really needs to study up a bit more on the US Justice system, he really does.
Do nothing until the Liberal Press in the USA admits openly, publicly and completely that Islam is not a peaceful religion.
At which point, we go in and take the Paki nukes away from them and daisy-cut whatever neighborhood Omar happens to be holed up in (along with a bunch of those "camps" on the western border of the country).
This suggestion assumes, of course, that Mr. Pearl was a member of the Liberal Press. I don't know that to be the case and I offer this suggestion merely in the spirit of "brain storming".
Because remember, it's a tossup which is the greater evil: foreign Islamic extremism, or entrenched domestic media apologism.
It's true they have allowed their politicians to get away with a bit of left-wing bastardry, lately.
But they'll be back.
And the majority of the population [Which bear in mind is getting smarter! Every time a plane FRom New Zealand touches down in Australia the mean IQ of both places increases by 50%!] is totally in awe of America.
Few older Kiwis will ever forget the Fifth and Sixth Marines -- Guadalcanal and Okinawa -- and 90+% casualty rates!
It actually isn't, and if you are ever brought before a Pakistani court, you won't be laughing, I'm sure.
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But all I've posted several articles which demonstrate the steps Pakistan is taking to be helpful to the US and against the terrorists.
George Bush seems to think that Pakistan is being helpful. To some here, that makes him some sort of Islamic apologist.
I think that's nonsense, and I don't apologize for keeping an open mind about Pakistan.
I also think Musharraf would prefer that he be convicted there, both as a message to terrorists there, and as an indication that Pakistan can handle the situation without meekly obeying US orders.
It's not entirely up to him, though. No more than Bush could order the court in Houston to find Andrea Yates guilty.
I say grab those nukes as soon as we can.
Grabbing their nukes would probably be extremely difficult, and not very effective. They know how to make them.
Even if we were successful in the short term, it would make diplomacy with the entire Islamic world impossible, and ruin our relations with most of our other allies. We can't pay Musharraf back for the assistance he's given by castrating him. Nobody would ever trust us again, and with good reason.
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