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...subscriber named "kidnapperguy" who claimed to represent a group called the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. The quixotic ransom note accused Pearl of working for the CIA--a charge vehemently denied by the Journal and the CIA--and demanded that the U.S. release the former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef and the Pakistanis it is holding at its base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of terrorist links. The note also insisted that the U.S. deliver the F-16 fighter aircraft it had sold Pakistan before imposing sanctions on the country in 1990 because...
...Sovereignty has claimed responsibility for his abduction. Among other demands, the kidnappers have called for the return of Pakistani nationals who were detained by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The group has also called for the release of the Taliban’s former ambassador to Pakistan and the departure of American journalists from Pakistan. The Bush administration has rightly refused to negotiate with the kidnappers or accede to their demands. We deplore the kidnapping and offer our sympathy to Pearl’s friends and family, especially his wife, Mariane Pearl, during this traumatic...
...elected but, as the former lieutenant governor, replaced Governor Paul Cellucci when he accepted an appointment as the ambassador to Canada...
...Muslim cleric, Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, who was thought to be linked to the abduction of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. A little-known group called the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty demanded $2 million and the release of Pakistan?s former Taliban ambassador in exchange for Pearl. In Quetta, police said they detained the Taliban?s former Chief Justice and Deputy Foreign Minister but that their subsequent whereabouts were unknown. THE PHILIPPINES New Front The jungle island of Basilan became the latest focus of the war on terrorism as U.S. and Philippine troops launched joint...
...Seoul, for example, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Thomas Hubbard rushed to assure his anxious hosts that the U.S. remains "eager to have pragmatic and straightforward talks with North Korea." He told South Koreans that the North had been cited not because of any terrorist connections, but out of concern over its weapons of mass destruction. But Washington and Seoul remain divided over how to deal with the Stalinist regime in the North. South Korean officials said Thursday that the U.S. and Seoul would "offer a series of incentives to the North in order to bring it to the negotiating...