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Terror Networks
Kidnapers say they've killed Pearl
2002-02-01
  • The Wall Street Journal said it had seen reports indicating its kidnapped reporter, Daniel Pearl, had been killed, but said it remained hopeful the reports were untrue. Meanwhile, in a conflicting report, a police officer in Karachi said Pearl's kidnappers had demanded two million dollars within 36 hours for his safe release in an anonymous telephone call. The call to the US consulate in Karachi also demanded the release of the former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef.
    Our guess would be that the e-mail's accurate and the hard boys have "made their bones" on him. The call to the consulate would be ghouls trying to horn in the the kidnaping. Leaving the head cheeses of the Bad Guys alive results in what's going to be a period of innocents being threatened to get them out of stir. Too bad we're so damned civilized, though that may become less pronounced as the atrocities mount up.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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