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Journalism, like any other investigative profession, has its share of thrill seekers. Daniel Pearl is not one of them. Colleagues and friends describe the Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief as a seasoned correspondent who never fails to put safety first when reporting in dangerous places. So when Pearl--who had traveled between Pakistan and India over the past four months on the trail of a variety of terror-related stories--didn't check in as expected on the evening of Jan. 23, his editors had reason to be alarmed...
...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 and difficult time...
...kidnapping of journalists is a well-known, if uncommon, terrorist tactic. But like all terrorism, kidnapping hurts the cause of those employing it more than it helps. The group holding Pearl should realize that the best way to get out its message—and its grievances with America—is not to capture journalists but to talk to them...
...lives on the line in order to talk to people on all sides of a conflict, even those who embrace terrorism. They try to give the full picture of a conflict in a way an official government update cannot. Dealing with dangerous people is part of the job, and Pearl certainly knew as much when he arranged for an interview with Sheik Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, who leads a Pakistani Muslim group. The interview apparently was the trap that the terrorists used to lure in Pearl...
American soldiers are courageously fighting terrorism abroad, and American journalists are diligently working to inform the nation’s citizens. Their jobs are different, but they are both crucial. Daniel Pearl has been lost in the line of duty, and we fervently hope that he is rescued as soon as possible...