Pakistan

Top al Qaeda leader personally beheaded Daniel Pearl

New report confirms Khalid Sheikh Mohammad's role in murdering Daniel Pearl.

Express January 20, 2011

WASHINGTON:

A recently completed report into the killing of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter, Daniel Pearl has confrimed the accused Khalid Sheikh Mohammad as the murderer.

Despite Khalid's admission to killing Pearl in 2007, there were doubts regarding his involvement. Khalid, who describes himself as the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre is being held at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but the United States had not charged him with the crime.

A video of the slaying was distributed online nearly a month after Pearl was abducted, but the face of the killer who slit his throat was not visible.

"I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in the city of Karachi, Pakistan," Khalid said, according to a Pentagon transcript released nearly four years ago. "For those who would like to confirm, there are pictures of me on the internet holding his head."

The new report prepared by faculty members and students at Georgetown University says that US officials have now concluded that vascular technology, or vein matching, shows that the hand of the unseen man who killed Pearl is that of Khalid. The report erases any doubts that Khalid personally carried out the beheading.

COMMENTS (15)

Dajjal | 13 years ago | Reply Wow!!! Top Leader Personally killed him!! What an honor for Daniel Pearl... its so much better then having a runt of the litter do it... i hope Daniel Pearl had the decency to thank KSM for taking time out from his busy schedule of watching Jihadi Porn and dreaming up fantastic rewards for martyrs. But then again, DP was a Jew so quite possible he lacked manners altogether.

Ferdousur rahaman | 13 years ago | Reply You don't have right to destroy the creation of allah.

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Ferdousur rahaman | 13 years ago | Reply What a shame to kill an unarmed people. Is islam teach you this morality! Shame. Read the biography of prophet muhammad (sm) , what behaviour he DID with captured army. Is he ordered to kill anyone? No. Then why you kill man in the name of islam! Why?

Seema Khalid | 13 years ago | Reply @G.Khan - You have done a brilliant job of taking various facts and twisting them work for your argument. It is like taking various of left over meals and making one fantastic dinner. You are correct that the 9/11 terrorist acts were Saudis, and that prior to that there were very few terrorist acts or camps in Pakistan. After Osama was thrown out of Somalia he found refuge in Afghanistan where he mingled with the Taliban. The US was justified in trying to get Osama who happened to be in Afghanistan. Life in Afghanistan was not peachy and great but the rest of the Muslim brother-hood seems to conveniently ignore the facts. Osama was a creation of the US and corrupt world of Muslim Arabs another fact you seem to miss, The US were not successful in their attempt and I agree with you the war in Iraq was not justified and that is a story for another time.When Osama moved to Pakistan he bought along his cohorts and then the creation of the Pakistan Taliban and hence the increase of violence. Pakistan's strategic move is NEVER find Osama he is a cash cow for them.The longer they can delay that event the dollars are pouring. I think the drone affects are also justified, they are life and cost efficient, of course there is a loss of innocent life but isn't there co-lateral damage in most situations? This saves the Pakistani army lives and time to fight other fires in the region./

Shahryar Ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply By the way please let me remind all my fellow citizens, this guy is uncle of the so called daughter of Pakistan Afia Siddiqi's husband. Everyone has seen the street protests for her release & on top of that everyone on the world have also seen the reception given to Punjab's Gov.'s killer. After all this, when our businessmen & citizen's do not get Visa to travel abroad, they scream & shout. But these same people do fund some of the madressa's who preach intolerence. Case in point Sultan Masjid in DHA Karachi.

The Only Normal Person Here. | 13 years ago | Reply Opportunist Islamic thaykaydar... no guts to "fight."

Hamood | 13 years ago | Reply What a sick twisted mind this KSM guy is. Looks like a human being from the outside but a despicable beast from the inside. All terrorists should be dealt with violence, the only language they understand.

Anoop | 13 years ago | Reply The largest Urdu language paper had directly contributed to his murder my revealing his Religion. Analysts think the agencies had tipped off the newspaper about his Religion. Reaping what you sow? Maybe.

Suriya Nazir | 13 years ago | Reply The Daniel Pearl was a horrendous crime that happened so long ago, but nothing has changed we let these monsters thrive in our country and now they are killing us. Let us join hands be ashamed we have let this vulgar way of life still be a part of us.

G.Khan | 13 years ago | Reply I really feel sorry for those who make it a War of Muslims and Islam or they curse it on extremists and terrorists ad tae the blame without even knowing what they are doing.. No sir. Reality is something else. This is nothing to do About Islam or Muslims. Daniel Pearl could be a CIA related person? Don't we have Blackwater and CIA ( doing drone attacks) and Now recently discover US Marines on Pakistani soil? For What? Yes, For What? What they are doing in Afghanistan for the last 10 years? Is there exist any example in the History of Mankind where 150,000 most modern and equipped troops go for full fledged war on a nation to just capture "ONE" person :USAMA? Has he been captured in 10 years? If now why mot? Was that the true reason for invasion and Occupation? If not, then what is the reason behind occupation ? Who benefitting from it? Are any similarities between the PLOT presented by the West against SADDAM as PRETEXT to invade Iraq and PLOT presented to Attack and ocupy Afghanistan? Did they find weapons of Mass destruction in Iraq? why not if that was the reason for invasion? All wetsern spy agencies had concensus on this that Saddam Posses WMD's( Weapons of Mass destruction). What was the truth? Wasn't it that there were no WMD's in Iraq? And that not even Nuclear Program exist? Was that information corrct on which they destroyed the entire nation? If that information was false then why not Afghan invasion's Stated Reason ( Capture of Usama) could be false as well? And why not daniel Pearl's Stated information as Above could be false? Isn't Khalid sheikh in US custody? Why did not they ever brought him on LIVE camera trial from the court? Why not? I mean it is good thing to curse yourself but at least think what is going on around everyone in this country? Check the Statistics of terror activities in Pakistan and Timeline. You will be surprised to know that since 1989 - 2001 there were only rare and random almost nonexistant events. Actual activity started after 2001 when US occupied Afghanistan. Why? If Pakistan was heaven for Terrorists then why nothing happened between 1989 2001 in Pakistan? By the way, Usama was Saudi and 16 of those "so called" hijackers were Saudis? Why not Invade there? These are the question You all must answer before constructing an opinion. Feeling self-guilt is a good thing but there got to be a solid reason for that.

Khalid | 13 years ago | Reply If Muslims (as some think) have friends like Khalid Shaikh Muhammad or Mumtaz Malik, they don't need enemies. May Allah save us from our friends. Khalid

Raqib Ali | 13 years ago | Reply Killing anyone is wrong. But even if u have to kill someone (for example a murderer), religion says it should be as less painful as possible. Main purpose is not brutality but to relieve the society of a dangerous person. Poor Daniel Pearl who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. May his soul rest in eternal peace and may God show right path to our Jihadists, many of whom are innocent orphans who have been brainwashed by evil 'interest groups'!!!

Cautious | 13 years ago | Reply Beheading an unarmed reporter - another brave "militant". May he rot in Guantanamo for the rest of his miserable life.

Eeman. | 13 years ago | Reply After how much waterboarding did he accept that?

Haris Chaudhry | 13 years ago | Reply What a pathetic individual it would be to kill an unarmed innocent journalist by slitting his throat just because he happens to be a jew. Rest in turmoil Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. You deserve every hour of agony you are experiencing. We are so much better without the likes of you in our midst. Haris

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