WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Thursday said it is ready to take custody of British-Pakistani terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh to stand trial in the US, even as the Pakistan hurriedly concocted a review petition against its Supreme Court s acquittal of the man accused of participating in the execution of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl.
Washington s shock and anger at Pakistan s coddling of terrorism was expressed in restrained statements from the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department and Congress, urging Islamabad to review its legal options to ensure justice is served. The United States stands ready to take custody of Sheikh to stand trial here on the pending charges against him. He must not be permitted to evade justice for his charged role in Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder,” the US Justice Department, under whose jurisdiction the FBI falls, said in a statement.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged to rebuild and revitalise the transatlantic military alliance after a bruising.
“We all know that Omar Saeed Sheikh was the mastermind of Danny’s kidnapping,” she told the newspaper on Friday. “His lies lured Danny into an interview in Karachi on January 23, 2002 and a month later Danny was dead. Three months later his body was found in an unmarked grave. This is the truth, no matter what any court says.”
“The defendants in this court case and the justices who acquitted them know that this is the truth, but the lies continue,” she added. “Neither verdict would have brought Danny back but lies are corrosive. We trust that somehow truth will prevail.”
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Pakistan Orders Release of Man Convicted of Daniel Pearl’s Murder, Prompting U.S. to Seek Custody
American officials are ready to act if Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is set freeLindsey Ellefson | January 29, 2021 @ 9:04 AM Last Updated: January 29, 2021 @ 9:07 AM
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The United States Department of Justice is prepared to take Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh the man convicted of murdering journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002 into custody, acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson said Thursday.
The move comes after Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering Pearl, including Sheikh, should be freed.
A Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted of helping kidnap and kill American journalist Daniel Pearl is set to be released following a Pakistan Supreme Court ruling Thursday.
The Associated Press reported that the court ordered Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh’s release and also dismissed an appeal filed by Pearl’s family and the Pakistani government seeking to reverse the acquittal.
“The Pearl family is in complete shock by the majority decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to acquit and release Ahmed Omer Sheikh and the other accused persons who kidnapped and killed Daniel Pearl,” the Pearl family said in a statement released by their lawyer, Faisal Siddiqi.
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The terrorist convicted for the beheading of Daniel Pearl was acquitted by a Pakistani Court. This decision comes as a shock to many people and his family the most.
Islamic extremists have been responsible for many heinous crimes. One of their preferred methods is broadcasting their horrendous acts.
In Pakistan, the Supreme Court last Thursday instructed jailers to let free a terrorist who cut off the head of the American journalist, Pearl. The Pakistani court and its order did not sit well with the Pearl family s counsels, reported the Epoch Times.
The terrorist who killed the journalist