http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/danielpearl/ en-us Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:23:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401100/posts Statement by Judea and Ruth Pearl as read at the New York rally by Brian Dennehy on December 5 2009 Friends, On behalf of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, we wish to join you today in a call to reverse Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try America's new-type of enemies in New York Federal court. We wish to add to your rally the perspective of our own personal tragedy which, in many ways, has come to symbolize the depth of inhumanity that has swept our planet in the 21st century, and the sense of urgency with which this planet is... 911NeverForget.Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401100/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:23:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394778/posts ISLAMABAD: Omar Saeed Sheikh, a detained Pakistani militant, had made hoax calls to President Asif Ali Zardari and the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in a bid to heighten Pakistan-India tensions after last year’s terrorist attacks on Mumbai, investigators have told Dawn. ‘Omar Saeed Sheikh was the hoax caller. It was he who threatened the civilian and military leaderships of Pakistan over telephone. And he did so from inside Hyderabad jail,’ investigators said. The controversy came to light after Dawn broke the story, exactly one year ago, that a hoax caller claiming to be then Indian foreign... DAWN.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394778/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:20:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387597/posts That’s certainly the conclusion one can draw from two stories over the last couple of days. Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), who pushed Barack Obama to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US for criminal trials, says that criticism of the decision is “un-American”: Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has strong words for the Republicans opposing Attorney General Eric Holder’s plan to bring five 9/11 suspects to New York City to face trial. “They see this as an opportunity to demagogue,” he said. “They will seize on any opportunity to do that, and that means they’ll even take a stand that’s un-American.”... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387597/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386569/posts The father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl slammed the Obama administration's decision to hold a public trial for admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- who boasted of killing his son in Pakistan. Judea Pearl said he was "sick to the stomach" when he heard that the Justice Department decided to prosecute Mohammed in Manhattan federal court. "I don't want to hear every morning in the papers what KSM did," Pearl told The Post last night. "Danny was killed once. Now he will be killed 10 times a day. Leave him alone." VIDEO: 9/11 SUSPECTS TO BE... NYPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386569/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386191/posts "I decapitated with blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in the city of Karachi, Pakistan," Mohammed said in a written declaration submitted to a military tribunal at Guantanamo last weekend. "For those who would like to confirm, there are pictures of me on the Iternet holding his head," KSM said in his statement. US officials had told ABC News that identifying marks on the hand of the masked man holding Pearl's head matched those of KSM. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386191/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376994/posts These are the remarks Sen. Joseph Lieberman delivered at the fourth annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at Stanford University on October 18: It has been nearly eight years since Ruth and Judea Pearl were confronted by the most unspeakable horror that any parent can contemplate. But rather than retreat into grief and anger, they have instead ensured that the flame of their son’s memory, and everything he stood for, has continued to burn with undiminished urgency and relevance. Because of their work, and the work of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, Danny’s life continues to illuminate our world. Daniel Pearl’s legacy... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376994/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:41:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333280/posts While an Associated Press photographer was embedded with Marines in Helmand last month, a Marine convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG. It struck Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard severing his legs. He was treated on the scene, but later died at a combat field hospital. The AP took still photos and video of the attack, and of Bernard, as he lay dying. Several weeks later, while working on a feature story about the war in Afghanistan, the AP reporter met with Bernard's family and told his father that they had photos and video of their son before... DNCTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333280/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:25:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331525/posts SNIPPET - Quote: Pak raids unravel Taliban-drugs link ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities arrested 13 Islamist militants in separate raids that police said on Monday foiled major terrorist attacks and provided clues to how drug sales help fund the Taliban. (THE TIMES OF INDIA, August 25, 2009) via OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331525/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:07:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2177574/posts They murdered her husband.  They killed his father.Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously wrote of American society rationalizing acceptance of ever rising levels of crime and self-destructive behavior in the 1993 Winter edition of The American Scholar.  The title of his essay was Defining Deviancy Down and became a frequently used part of the lexicon in the ensuing battles and debates in our culture wars.  The same concept of acquiescence writ large on the international stage is the subject of a Wall Street Journal column published yesterday and written by Judea Pearl, father of Danny and UCLA professor.  Judea Pearl, whose journalist son was brutally slain by... Lone Star Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2177574/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:27:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177486/posts (excerpt) Neither he, nor the millions who were shocked by his murder, could have possibly predicted that seven years later his abductor, Omar Saeed Sheikh, according to several South Asian reports, would be planning terror acts from the safety of a Pakistani jail. Or that his murderer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, now in Guantanamo, would proudly boast of his murder in a military tribunal in March 2007 to the cheers of sympathetic jihadi supporters. Or that this ideology of barbarism would be celebrated in European and American universities, fueling rally after rally for Hamas, Hezbollah and other heroes of "the resistance."... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177486/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:33:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177193/posts Danny's picture is hanging just in front of me, his warm smile as reassuring as ever. But I find it hard to look him straight in the eyes and say: You did not die in vain. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177193/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 05:12:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044859/posts If you caught your son burning ants with a magnifying glass, would it bother you less than if you found him torturing a mouse with a soldering iron? How about a snake? How about his sister? Does Khalid Shaikh Mohammed — the Guantánamo detainee who claims he personally beheaded the reporter Daniel Pearl — deserve the rights he denied Mr. Pearl? Which ones? A painless execution? Exemption from capital punishment? Decent prison conditions? Habeas corpus? The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044859/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:32:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036548/posts A conversation with Mia Farrow and Bernard-Henri Lévy, moderated by Dinaw Mengestu | June 2008 Part 1: French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy on how 3 great ideas of the political left have backfired on the people of Darfur The following Guernica program took place at PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, on April 29, 2008, at Flourence Gould Hall in New York City. This is the first of three parts. To listen to the program in its entirety, please go here. Runs about 90 minutes. Dinaw Mengestu: The title of this conversation is Crisis Darfur, and I can’t quite give... Guernica Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036548/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937626/posts Please click on the link and then on the "play video" to hear President Bush's speech at the annual White House Chanukah Party. Afterward, Daniel Pearl's parents, Ruth and Judea light the chanukiah. (No offense to anyone, but I'd turn it off after "Maoz Tzur".) Text of speech: 5:27 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Good evening. Laura and I welcome you to the White House. Mr. Attorney General, thank you for being here. Secretary Chertoff, and family. Hanukkah is a time of joy and festivity in the Jewish religion. We're honored to gather with members of the Jewish community... White House http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937626/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:07:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933472/posts Calculating the Risks in Pakistan A small group of U.S. military experts and intelligence officials convened in Washington for a classified war game last year, exploring strategies for securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if the country's political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart. The secret exercise — conducted without official sponsorship from any government agency, apparently due to the sensitivity of its subject — was one of several such games the U.S. government has conducted in recent years examining various options and scenarios for Pakistan's nuclear weapons: How many troops might be required for a military intervention in... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933472/posts#comment Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:47:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925327/posts A long-sought suspect in the slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was secretly detained and interrogated by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies before he died earlier this year, say U.S. and Pakistani law-enforcement officials. The revelation about the suspect, Saud Memon, suggests that the interrogation may have played a role in his death, say lawyers and human-rights advocates who have accused the Bush administration of colluding with Islamabad in illegally arresting and detaining scores of suspected terrorists since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Memon was questioned both for his alleged involvement in Pearl's murder as well as his... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925327/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:04:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924450/posts Excerpt - Washington - A Pakistani businessman suspected of playing a role in the 2002 brutal killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl died earlier this year, shortly after being interrogated by US and Pakistani intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Pearl, a Karachi-based correspondent for the Journal, was kidnapped on January 23 2002, and killed execution-style shortly after. The newspaper said Karachi businessman Saud Memon became a key suspect in the case because he owned a nursery where Pearl had been held captive. Citing an unnamed senior US law enforcement official, the report said Memon was interrogated by... Agence France-Presse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924450/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:57:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868241/posts Breaking NewsDaniel Pearl's widow sues terrorists By TOM HAYS THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWednesday, July 18th 2007, 2:36 PM A lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court today by Marianne Pearl (above) seeks unspecified damages for acts it alleges were meant to 'emotionally destroy the Pearl family.' The widow of Daniel Pearl has sued more than a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank, blaming them for the torture and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002.A complaint filed Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court by Mariane Pearl and her husband's estate alleges Habib Bank Limited of Karachi knowingly provided financial... The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868241/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863283/posts video at link Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863283/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863254/posts Opening weekend numbers: JUNE 2007 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 17  18  19  20  21 Rank  Daily Gross Change Y/L* Theaters / Average Gross-to-date  22 10  $1,207,775 - / - 1,355 / $891 $1,207,775 / 1 23 10  $1,641,759 35.9% / - 1,355 / $1,212 $2,849,534 / 2 24 10  $1,099,329 -33% / - 1,355 / $811 $3,948,863 / 3 25 10  $397,391 -63.9% / - 1,355 / $293 Box Office Mojo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863254/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850043/posts Angelina Jolie's "Understanding" @ pro-HAMAS Arab Children's Conference Hate-Fest in Jordan, 2004 I went to the screening of "A Mighty Heart"--activists Brad Pitt's and Angelina Jolie's movie on the Al-Qaeda murder of Daniel Pearl--expecting a movie with an agenda. And that is exactly what I got. That, plus a Lifetime Channel weepy-damsel-in-distress movie of the week. Muslims are the heroes--NOT the perpetrators--in this "Can't we all just get along?" kumbaya film ostensibly about terrorism. As one would expect from the Jolie-Pitts, "A Mighty Heart" is mostly NOT about the Al-Qaeda murder of Daniel Pearl, killed in cold blood specifically because... DebbieSchlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850043/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855614/posts O n Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, I stood at the gate of my rented house in Karachi, watching my friend Danny Pearl juggle a notebook, cellphone and earpiece as he bounded over to a taxicab idling in the street. He was off to try to find the alleged al-Qaeda handler of "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in Pakistan. "Good luck, dude," I called, waving cheerfully as he strode off, a lopsided grin on his face. His pregnant wife, Mariane, stood smiling and waving beside me as the taxi pulled away. A gaggle of parrots swooped through the trees above, squawking in... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855614/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1855603/posts I just found this on youtube and thought it was very moving.I wanted to share it with you. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1855603/posts#comment Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855237/posts "A Mighty Heart" begins with shots of the teeming streets of Karachi, Pakistan, a city with a population that seems jammed in, shoulder to shoulder. Terrorists will emerge from this sea of humanity, kidnap the American journalist Daniel Pearl and disappear. The film is about the desperate search for Pearl (Dan Futterman) before the release of the appalling video showing him being beheaded. It is told largely through the eyes of and based on a memoir by his widow, Mariane. We know how the story is going to end. The real drama is played out with the natures of the... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855237/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845763/posts KASHMORE, Pakistan, June 6 (UPI) -- Two more suspects have been arrested in Pakistan in the 2002 kidnapping and beheading of American reporter Daniel Pearl. The two Islamist militants, identified as Aa-ur-Rehman, also known as Naeem Bokhari, and Faisal Bhatti, the British network ITV reported Tuesday. They were arested while traveling in a taxi in Kashmore and were being interrogated, according to Waseem Akhtar, the Sindh provincial government adviser on home affairs. Pearl worked for The Wall Street Journal. He was abducted in Karachi while researching a story on Islamist militants. A British Islamist militant, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, also... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845763/posts#comment Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:30:42 GMT