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Daniel Pearl's dad is sickened by Obama's 9/11 trial decision
2009-11-15
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."

His son's beheading in 2002 was caught on a gruesome video that shocked the world. "The 21st century saw three shocks," Pearl said. "The first was 9/11. The second was the killing of my son. And the third was the shock today."

The reporter's outraged father, a UCLA professor, said a public trial would allow the admitted mass murderer to "boast about his cruelty" and encourage other terrorists to inflict harm. Pearl said the prosecution of Mohammed should be done in closed session to avoid giving terrorists a platform.
Posted by:Beavis

#4  The poet Kenneth Patchen once wrote
"Humanity is a good thing. Perhaps we can arrange the murder of a sizable number of people to save it."
I used to think that was harsh. Now...
Posted by: SteveS   2009-11-15 12:18  

#3  Be sure to read Judeah's WSJ article: Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil
When will our luminaries stop making excuses for terror?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2009-11-15 11:04  

#2  So, I guess the Obama administration lied when it said that the 9/11 family are happy to have the trail in New YorkÂ….what a farce!
Posted by: HammerHead   2009-11-15 09:23  

#1  Daniel Pearl's dad is sickened by Obama's 9/10 9/11 trial decision

fixed it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-11-15 08:30  

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