Khalid Sheikh Mohammed killed Daniel Pearl
U.S. officials used a forensic technique called vein analysis to corroborate the confession of Daniel Pearl’s self-professed killer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who also is suspected of planning the 9/11 attacks on the United States; Mohammed was not part of the original plan to abduct Pearl; he told U.S. investigators that he was pulled in later by another senior al Qaeda operative; Mohammed was asked to take over because the kidnappers — midlevel and low-level Pakistani militants — did not know what to do with Pearl; Mohammed’s involvement presented al Qaeda with an opportunity for what it saw as a propaganda victory; a new report on Pearl’s assassination details problems in bringing to justice others suspected of involvement in the crime, including the recent release by Pakistan of a man thought to have been one of the main players
Confirmed murderer of Daniel Pearl // Source: wor710.com
A new report on the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl reveals that U.S. officials used a forensic technique called vein analysis to corroborate the confession of the self-professed killer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who also is suspected of planning the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
The report details problems in bringing to justice others suspected of involvement in the crime, including the recent release by Pakistan of a man thought to have been one of the main players. Fox News reports that the report is the work of the Pearl Project, a three-year endeavor to answer lingering questions surrounding Pearl’s death. The project was led by former Journal reporter Asra Q. Nomani, who worked with faculty and students from Georgetown University. It was published Thursday by the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C.-based investigative-journalism organization.
Pearl, who was 38 at the time of his death, was abducted 23 January 2002 by Islamist militants in the crowded and chaotic Arabian Sea port of Karachi, while reporting on terrorism.
The report shows that, despite the widespread attention his case garnered, the precise story of Pearl’s final days and the exact timing of his death remain shrouded in a fog of conflicting confessions and testimony by alleged perpetrators, their compatriots and Pakistani investigators.
By most accounts, Mohammed was not part of the original plan to abduct Pearl. He told U.S. investigators that he was pulled in later by another senior al Qaeda operative.
Mohammed was asked to take over because the kidnappers — midlevel and low-level Pakistani militants – did not know what to do with Pearl. Mohammed’s involvement presented al Qaeda with an opportunity for what it saw as a propaganda victory, the report says, citing investigators who interrogated Mohammed.
In October 2003, U.S. officials disclosed that Mohammed, while in American custody, had confessed to the killing.
