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 Al-Qaida Holding American Hostage in PakistanPosted on Dec 1, 2011
Claiming retaliation for American aggression in Pakistan, al-Qaida said Thursday that it was holding a U.S. citizen, 70-year-old aid worker Warren Weinstein, in that country after capturing him in Lahore four months ago. Al-Qaida boss Ayman al-Zawahiri announced Weinstein’s capture in a video demanding that the U.S. stop its air attacks in that part of the world. —KA
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By blogdog, December 3, 2011 at 1:53 pm Link to this comment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2989053.stm
Pearl ‘killed over secrets’
Pearl’s murder was “a cold, calculated crime”, says Levy
France’s leading philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, says that American journalist Daniel Pearl, who
was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan last year was killed because he knew too much.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Levy said Mr Pearl had uncovered dangerous secrets about the
involvement of Pakistan’s intelligence service with Islamic extremists.
He also claims that British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted of killing Mr
Pearl was in fact a double agent working for Pakistan’s intelligence service, Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI).
[...]
Mr Levy said that Mr Pearl was “kidnapped for one reason and he was killed for another”.
“He was kidnapped obviously because he was American, Jewish and a journalist - especially
because he was American and Jewish in a country, in an area of the world where it is a crime to be
Jewish and American.”
“To be American and Jewish in Pakistan is not an identity it is a sin - it is a crime - this is why he
kidnapped,” Mr Levy said.
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analysis: limited hangout - Mr. Levy’s mission is clear:
http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=479
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the plot thickens:
http://tinyurl.com/4h5zlbk
January 20, 2011, 12:07 PM
New Report on Daniel Pearl’s Murder Reveals Forensic Analysis of Killer’s Veins
By ROBERT MACKEY
After studying the pattern of the veins on his hand, American investigators concluded that Khalid
Shaikh Mohammed, a senior operative for Al Qaeda, wielded the blade that killed Daniel Pearl, a
Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and executed before a video camera in Pakistan in
2002, according to a new report.
The report, “The Truth Left Behind: Inside the Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl,” by a team
of journalists working at Georgetown University who “spent more than three years investigating
the roles of 27 men linked to the 2002 kidnapping and murder,” was published online in
conjunction with the Center for Public Integrity.
The report reveals for the first time that the F.B.I. and C.I.A. had used a forensic technique called
“vein-matching” to compare images of Mr. Mohammed’s hands — after his capture in Pakistan in
2003 — with those of the man who beheaded Mr. Pearl in a graphic video.
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especially in light of this
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EC06Df04.html
South Asia
Khalid: A test for US credibility
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
KARACHI - The circumstances surrounding the arrest in Pakistan and handing over to US
authorities of a man said to be Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, a reportedly leading member of al-
Qaeda, raise a number of important issues, not the least of which is the credibility of the US in its
“war against terror”.
[...]
Nine other suspected terrorists were captured, and two were killed. A woman FBI official examined
the bodies, and, as reported by an ISI official, suddenly exclaimed, “You have killed Khalid Shaikh
Mohammad.” The woman then instructed that a finger be cut off the body, which she took away,
presumably for a DNA test.
Khalid’s wife and child were taken away to an ISI safe house in the vicinity where they were
interrogated by the FBI, and it is said that the woman identified one of the bodies as Khalid.
[...]
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thicker yet: vis-à-vis murder of Syed Saleem Shahzad
http://tinyurl.com/75wldnb
Mullen Claims Islamabad ‘Sanctioned’ Journalist’s Killing
By Yochi J. Dreazen
Updated: July 7, 2011
[...]
Report this“It was sanctioned by the government,” Mullen told journalists at the Pentagon on Thursday. “I
have not seen anything to disabuse the report…
[...]
By berniem, December 2, 2011 at 2:38 pm Link to this comment
Hmmm….I’m sure that if we allow the free market to assert itself all will be fine and dandy. Sorry, I can’t bring myself to feel bad for someone who insists on sticking his head into the lion’s mouth knowing full well that there are real teeth in there.
Report thisBy dogdoddle, December 2, 2011 at 10:33 am Link to this comment
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I agree with afs. Since Al Qaeda is the brainchild of the U.S. government of course they want to make an excuse they sheeple will buy into. The captured guy can’t get more Jewish than “Weinstein”, so it’s obviously a set up to excuse Israel’s aggressive behavior (blessed by the U.S. government and even aided) toward Pakistan. They’re just doing this to keep the ball rolling in the level of Western attacks on them. It’s all about oil, and control of oil. Same-o same-o except this time it can very well lead into nuclear war. World War III is probably on it’s way.
Report thisBy Robert, December 2, 2011 at 8:43 am Link to this comment
Fake Al Qaeda Actors EXPOSED! Adam Gadahn & Yousef al-Khattab
Report thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsUtvOW6SR0
By Bisbonian, December 2, 2011 at 8:29 am Link to this comment
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afs; got a good chuckle out of that.
Report thisBy thecrow, December 2, 2011 at 5:53 am Link to this comment
So who is “holding” this guy?
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/the-talented-mr-pearlman/
Report thisBy IMax, December 2, 2011 at 4:26 am Link to this comment
afs,
I smell a bored Dr. Zawahiri desperately attempting to remain relevant.
Report thisBy vanseras, December 1, 2011 at 8:59 pm Link to this comment
America stop
Report thisBy afs, December 1, 2011 at 6:39 pm Link to this comment
Is it just me, or does anyone else smell a bored CIA agent in Pakistan named Weinstein?
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