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ARACHI, Pakistan — The nursery where they killed him, one year on, is oddly peaceful. Lush mango, palm and pomegranate trees are in bloom, their thick, green leaves whispering in a gentle breeze.The cinder-block storehouse where he was executed is empty, save for some flower pots, a cot and crumpled packs of cigarettes strewn across the floor. The 10-foot by 15-foot main room still has a metal door and metal shutters that can be padlocked. Sounds of life reach the room: birds chirping and cars driving past to a nearby religious school run by Al Rashid Trust, an organization...

Terrorism links under investigationFBI spokesman says 24 Texas suspects came from watch list By Jonathan York (Daily Texan Staff) December 10, 2002 Massive and oblique, the investigation into Texas terrorism connections has continued, but its traces remain in an FBI "watch list" dating from immediately after Sept. 11, 2001. The connections spread into Houston, where links to a foreign airline and two addresses are unexplained. They haunt Dallas, where a tangle of odd business involving an Internet service provider caused the United States to shut down its largest Islamic charity. Of about 370 suspects on the list, 24 are...

The Associated Press, Fri 17 May 2002 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The discovery of a body police believe may be that of American reporter Daniel Pearl's on property belonging to Al Rashid Trust is just the latest alleged link between the outlawed Islamic charity and terrorism. Within days after Sept. 11, the United States accused the aid organization of funding the al-Qaida terrorist network, which is accused of orchestrating the airborne assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. After the discovery Thursday of a dismembered body in a shallow grave on Al Rashid property in the Pakistani city...