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Pearl Case: Fall guy changes his mind
2002-03-15
  • A man appeared in the office of an Urdu daily, claiming to have killed Daniel Peal. However, he later confessed to newsmen, that he had made the claim in a bid to save Ahmed Omar Sheikh. The man identified himself as Adnan alias Sunny, about 28, a driver by profession. He said he belonged to Jaish Mohammed. He said he was upset over his domestic problems and was planning to commit suicide but later decided to give his life for a better cause.

    Sunny said he made the plan last night. He said he believed that Omar Shiekh had no hand in the killing of the journalist and his confession to the murder would have bailed him out. He called Omar Shiekh a great freedom fighter.

    Sunny said he had been in the calaboose from 1989 to 1994 in a murder case where he had been set up by an activist of Lashkar Jhangvi.

    He said his family had disowned him a couple of years ago. Lately, he said he developed differences with his only brother and sister-in-law. He said his brother had filed an application with the Shahdman police against him a couple of weeks ago which had made him think suicide.
    Sunny sounds like such a classic loser a body could almost feel sorry for him. He probably walks around with a Joe Btfsplk cloud over his head. If he really belongs to Jaish-e-Mohammad they probably just use him to go pick up coffee. Little kids tie the end of his turban to doorknobs when he's not looking.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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