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Still reeling from the gruesome murder of Daniel Pearl, Pakistan's leaders found themselves further embarrassed last week by revelations that the Wall Street Journal reporter's abduction might have been prevented. It turns out the U.S. requested the detention of the prime suspect, Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, twice between Sept. 11 and the day Pearl was kidnapped, in each case to no avail. So when President Bush and his spokesman, Ari Fleischer, suggested last Monday that the U.S. wanted Saeed, they touched a handful of raw nerves in Pakistan. By midweek, Fleischer was toning down his rhetoric and indicating...
...several investigators have been threatened. An attack on a police bus carrying 20 militants left one dead, and gunmen believed to be Sunni Muslims slaughtered 11 Shi'a worshippers at a mosque in Rawalpindi. The U.S., for its part, has ample reason not to rush the extradition of Pearl's murderers. Some in the Administration are worried that forcing the issue would be counterproductive, exacerbating anti-Americanism and offending nationalist sensibilities by suggesting Pakistan's legal system isn't up to the task. The resulting backlash, they fear, would cripple efforts to hunt down al-Qaeda operatives in the region...
...outraged by, and mourn, the brutal murder of Danny Pearl as much as anyone who did not know him personally. His death was unprovoked and senseless, and cannot but prove exceptionally counterproductive to the perverse aims of his abductors. Yet I mourn also for my country, Pakistan. This nation of 140 million, as much as Pearl himself, is being held hostage by fringe elements from within who, with their acts of barbarity, present an image of Pakistan quite at odds with the country I know and love...
...mourn for Pearl, think also of Pakistan. For it is the victim that can still be saved. It is a country whose heart is willing, yet whose limbs fail. It is an old friend turning to America in its darkest hour. A strong helping hand, and a whole lot of understanding, is all it seeks...
PAKISTAN Possible Handover As police continued to search for the killers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, President Pervez Musharraf agreed in principle to hand chief suspect Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh over to the U.S. for trial, though it's unlikely to happen. The State Department announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of those responsible for Pearl's kidnap and murder...