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| Mariane Pearl sues al Qaeda over husband's killing |
| 2007-07-18 |
| Discovery will certainly be interesting. The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed a lawsuit at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday against al Qaeda, other radical groups and Pakistan-based Habib Bank Ltd over the 2002 abduction, torture and murder of her husband. "Plaintiffs seek to hold responsible those terrorists, terrorist organizations and the supporting charitable and banking organizations for the senseless kidnapping, torture and murder of Daniel Pearl," the suit said. It seeks an unspecified amount of money, whatever the court "deems appropriate", to prevent the defendants from committing similar acts. Pearl was the South Asia bureau chief of the Journal when he was kidnapped in Karachi in January 2002 while seeking an interview with suspected Islamist militants. After several days in captivity he was beheaded on video. Among those sued is Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, or Sheikh Omar, who was convicted and sentenced to death in a Pakistani court for his role in the abduction and murder. Three others were jailed for life. Another defendant is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda leader and September 11 mastermind who is in U.S. custody. Mohammed admitted to a U.S. military tribunal that he beheaded Pearl, the U.S. military said. Habib Bank Limited is one of Pakistan's biggest banks. The lawsuit alleges the bank and its subsidiaries knowingly conducted financial transactions on behalf of charities linked to extremist groups. "In doing so Habib and its subsidiaries aided, abetted and provided material support in the form of financial services for the terrorist support organizations," the suit said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 I don't know that someone suing Adolph Hitler would have been more than a distraction to people who should have been concentrating on fighting WWII. If Habib Bank Limited has branches in the US or other Western countries then maybe it will be a payday for the same class of lawyers who parlayed suing big tobacco into large personal fortunes. It will be interesting to see whether te ACLU represents KSM pro-bozo. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-18 21:52 |