Justice After Two Decades-‘Grateful to India’says Slain Journalist Daniel Pearl’s Father On Strikes On Jaish Camp
In a significant counterterrorism operation, the Indian government announced the death of Abdul Rauf Azhar, a top Pakistani terrorist involved in the 2002 abduction and murder of Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl. Azhar, a senior commander of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and brother of its chief Masood Azhar, was killed in “Operation Sindoor,” a precision strike launched by the Indian Air Force on May 7 targeting terror camps across Pakistan.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, was arrested by Pakistani authorities and sentenced to death in July 2002 for the execution, but his conviction was overturned by a Pakistani court in 2020. Sheikh was an affiliate of Jaish-e-Mohammed and al-Qaeda, among other armed jihadist organizations.
Daniel Pearl, traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, in early 2002 to investigate connections between Islamist terror networks and Pakistani intelligence services. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped by a group calling itself the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. Accused of being an Israeli spy due to his Jewish heritage, Pearl was brutally executed on camera after the U.S. government refused to meet his captors’ demands.
In the disturbing video, Pearl affirmed his Jewish identity, stating:
“My father’s Jewish, my mother’s Jewish, I’m Jewish. My family follows Judaism. Back in the town of Bnei Brak, there is a street named after my great grandfather, Chaim Pearl, who was one of the founders of the town.”
Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, thanked India and the Indian armed forces for decimating terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh.
