When he was kidnapped, Pearl was chasing a story that a cleric, Sheik Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, was the facilitator. After 9/11, KSM designated his young nephew, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, to be the facilitator for “shoe bomber” Richard Reid.
and Pakistani officials believe KSM may have been assisted by two of his nephews, Musaad Aruchi, whose whereabouts aren’t publicly known, and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, KSM’s trusted aide, who is incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay.
KSM told FBI agents in Guantanamo that he personally slit Pearl’s throat and severed his head to make certain he’d get the death penalty and to exploit the murder for propaganda. Members of at least three different militant groups took part in the crimes, including a team of kidnappers led by British-Pakistani Omar Sheikh and a team of killers led by Al Qaeda strategist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is known as KSM. The Pearl Project has identified 27 men who played a part in the events surrounding the case. The kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl was a multifaceted, at times chaotic conspiracy. Among the project’s more specific findings: The case also offers important lessons related to problems with rule of law in Pakistan. foreign policy and America’s war in Afghanistan: the emergence of a “Punjabi Taliban,” made up of militants from the Pakistani province of Punjab the role of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, as a safe haven for militants and the nexus between the Pakistani militancy and Al Qaeda. The Daniel Pearl case is a window into several serious issues that have relevance today to U.S. I have not read this report, but on a quick glance, it looks thorough and serious I pass along its "key findings" for readers who might be interested: I personally never saw much reason to doubt KSM's word on the point. The investigation produced a lengthy report concluding, among other things, that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was telling the truth when he boasted at his CSRT hearing of "decapitat with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl." This is hardly surprising, though many people have doubted it both because KSM seemed to claim credit for just about everything at his CSRT and because he had been waterboarded previously. The Washington Post today reports today on a new investigation by Georgetown faculty and students and the Center for Public Integrity about the murder of Daniel Pearl.
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