Mr. Pearl's death is recorded in a videotape. He is seen being knifed to death.
His kidnappers were seeking for a Jew who espoused anti-Islamic rhetoric.
The US Government is angered by this event and promises greater scrutiny into the incident.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
Shik had better not use a ship named U.S.S. Daniel Pearl, that's for sure.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
My thoughts go to his family and unborn son.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
Whatta bunch of assholes. I've had enough of this new world order.
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
Very Sad, the statement by the family spokesman was hard to watch.
Posted by G.K Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
Wall Street Journal? Where was this?
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
They say he is a Jew who was working against the Islamic Movement.
Is he? Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
They also said he worked for the CIA.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, as for whether or not he was Jewish... His name was Daniel, and his parents' names are Judea and Ruth. I'd guess that, even if he wasn't Jewish himself, he was probably from a Jewish family. Either that, or he's of Hebrew descent.
Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :
He was not knifed to death, the tape showed that he was cut in the throat, then decapitated.
I think they forced him to say "I'm a Jew, and my other is a Jew" before they killed him.
Some say he's working for CIA, but the kidnappers insisted that he was working for Isrealies intelligent service.
[ February 22, 2002, 11:23: Message edited by: BlueElectron ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
The kidnappers first said that he was a CIA operative, then that he was a Mossad agent.
Er ... Blue, having your throat slit with a knife is being knifed to death. Now, I don't when after this he was decapitated, but I don't think it takes all that long to die from a slit throat.
[ February 22, 2002, 11:24: Message edited by: Malnurtured Snay ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
And I remember people saying WE are treating Taliban prisoners badly. I always said that was bullshit, that we're treating them a hell of a lot better than they'd treat us.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Hobbes,
The guys who kidnapped Daniel Pearl weren't Taliban.
Just thought I'd clue you in on that.
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
These guys are a *different* Muslim fundamentalist group.
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
Programmes get your programmes here, can't tell you muslim fundamentalists without one!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Are you the Judean People's Front?" "Fuck off!" "What?" "'Judean People's Front'... We're the People's Front of Judea!"
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
"...AND the People's Front of Judea! SPLITTERS!!" "Who?" "The People's Front of Judea!" "...WE'RE the People's Front!" "I thought we were the Popular Front?" "PEOPLE'S Front!!" "Oh......where's the Popular Front, then?" "He's over there...........SPLITTER!!!"
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
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