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Pearl Case: Omar Sheikh says he is dead
2002-02-14
  • Omar Sheikh said he believed the Daniel Pearl is dead. Officials dismissed the militant's claim. "As far as I understand, he's dead," Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh said in a courthouse in Karachi. Saeed said he carried out the kidnapping of "my own free will," adding: "I don't want to defend this case. I did this." Police and other officials cast doubt on Saeed's statement. He gave no details on where or when the 38-year-old journalist was allegedly killed, and just a day earlier he had told police Pearl was still alive.

    "Until the body is found we cannot believe what Omar is saying," Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said.
    Along with being an International Criminal Mastermind, Omar seems on close examination to be an out-and-out nut job. He appears determined to lie at every opportunity, whether it does him any good or not. My personal feeling is that Pearl has been dead since shortly after the pictures were taken. As a gesture of good will toward the US, the Paks should send Omar and all his accomplices to a good vet and have them put down like dogs. Razing his house and plowing the ground with salt would be nice, too.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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