[Happy2BMe]

A Pakistani court has sentenced to death one man, Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, 28, and imprisoned three others for their roles in the abduction and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl a year ago in Karachi. But the mystery of who wielded the knife that beheaded Pearl is still unsolved.

Now Pakistani police sources tell TIME that at least one witness says Pearl's throat was slit by a top al-Qaeda terrorist, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. A Kuwaiti of Pakistani descent, Mohammed is believed by U.S. authorities to have been a key organizer of the Sept. 11 hijackings.

Despite this fresh evidence, Pakistani police working on the Pearl case notice a distinct cooling in their superiors' interest. Saeed and his co-defendants are appealing the verdict, and Karim's testimony may weaken the government's case that Saeed was both ringleader of the plot and Pearl's executioner.

Until the Pakistani Supreme Court rules on Saeed's appeal, say police, it is doubtful that kidnapping charges will be brought against Karim, who is in custody. Meanwhile, the search is on for Mohammed, who investigators think is still hiding in Pakistan.

[Lion's Cub]

Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether either, neither, or both committed the murder. Both of them have murdered enough innocents that they ought to be executed on general principles.

As far as the Pearl case goes, it's hard to tell what they're up to for sure; but I suspect they are trying to get Saeed off using Mohammed because they think that we can't get to him.

[Cinnamon Girl]

They're looking for ways to get everyone off and brush this whole thing under the Karachi carpet.

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[honway]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/792592/posts?page=1,50

Moussaoui Linked to 9/11 Mastermind (Khalid Shaikh Mohammed)