FoxNews reports the originals of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping e-mails have been found on Omar Said Shiekh's computer. Police raided houses in Lahore and detained some of Saeed's relatives. Saeed remains at large, but police say they are closing in on him.
The Paks have been "searching for" Omar for years, but this has been of the "we went to his house, but he wasn't there, so we left" variety of search. Maybe now they'll be a little more serious. But he doesn't seem to have much trouble "eluding" them.
Pakistani police laid their first charges in relation to the abduction of US correspondent Daniel Pearl, but 16 days after he disappeared his fate remained a mystery and the chief suspects had not been found. Three men were charged with aiding and abetting the kidnap, after admitting during three days of interrogation to sending e-mails containing photos of Pearl in captivity and death threats. The three, a former Pakistani police intelligence officer and two cousins said to be members of the outlawed extremist group Jaish-e-Mohammad, were nabbed in a raid in this southern port city on Tuesday night.
Yeah. Uhuh. A "former Pakistani police intelligence officer." And his two Jaishy country cousins. But I still don't think it's a Jaish operation. I think it's a pick-up team, even though Omar Sheikh is involved. He's a money handler, not an operations guy. |