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  • Top Pakistani al-Qaeda suspect wanted for Pearl kidnapping killed in raid

    09/26/2004 4:12:57 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 46 replies · 2,131+ views
    Sign On San DIego ^ | September 26, 2004 | By Zarar Khan
    KARACHI, Pakistan – Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaeda operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. Two other men were arrested. Amjad Hussain Farooqi was wanted for his alleged role in the kidnapping and beheading of reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and two assassination attempts against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in December 2003. "I as chief spokesman for the government of Pakistan confirm that our forces have killed Amjad Hussain Farooqi," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told...