Daniel Pearl's Widow Drops Lawsuit
CBS/AP
The widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking damages against al Qaeda, a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank.
In a letter Tuesday to the federal judge presiding over the case, lawyers for Mariane Pearl noted that Habib Bank Limited and the other defendants in the case had not answered the lawsuit filed in July, but they otherwise did not explain their reason for dropping the action.
The lawsuit had sought unspecified damages against people and organizations that Mariane Pearl alleged were involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder of her husband in 2002.
Pearl, 38, The Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief, was abducted from Karachi, Pakistan, while researching a story on Islamic militancy in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Pearl's execution and beheading were videotaped by his kidnappers and displayed on the Internet. His remains were found in a shallow grave on Karachi's outskirts.
Among the defendants in Mariane Pearl's lawsuit were al Qaeda; the al-Rashid Trust, an outlawed Islamic charity; and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the imprisoned al Qaeda No. 3 leader and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The suit alleged Habib Bank knowingly provided financial services for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
Several men charged in the kidnapping and murder case have been convicted in Pakistan, including British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh.
He was sentenced to death in 2002, and three of his accomplices were given life prison terms. Their appeals are pending.
Mohammed, caught in Pakistan, is being held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He claimed he personally beheaded Pearl, according to a partial Pentagon transcript of his testimony at a military tribunal.
Mariane Pearl was represented by Motley Rice, a law firm based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The firm has brought other suits against Middle Eastern banks and companies on behalf of Sept. 11 victims.
Messages left with the firm were not immediately returned Wednesday.
© 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. In a letter Tuesday to the federal judge presiding over the case, lawyers for Mariane Pearl noted that Habib Bank Limited and the other defendants in the case had not answered the lawsuit filed in July, but they otherwise did not explain their reason for dropping the action.
The lawsuit had sought unspecified damages against people and organizations that Mariane Pearl alleged were involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder of her husband in 2002.
Pearl, 38, The Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief, was abducted from Karachi, Pakistan, while researching a story on Islamic militancy in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Pearl's execution and beheading were videotaped by his kidnappers and displayed on the Internet. His remains were found in a shallow grave on Karachi's outskirts.
Among the defendants in Mariane Pearl's lawsuit were al Qaeda; the al-Rashid Trust, an outlawed Islamic charity; and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the imprisoned al Qaeda No. 3 leader and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The suit alleged Habib Bank knowingly provided financial services for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
Several men charged in the kidnapping and murder case have been convicted in Pakistan, including British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh.
He was sentenced to death in 2002, and three of his accomplices were given life prison terms. Their appeals are pending.
Mohammed, caught in Pakistan, is being held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He claimed he personally beheaded Pearl, according to a partial Pentagon transcript of his testimony at a military tribunal.
Mariane Pearl was represented by Motley Rice, a law firm based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The firm has brought other suits against Middle Eastern banks and companies on behalf of Sept. 11 victims.
Messages left with the firm were not immediately returned Wednesday.
Popular on CBSNews.com
- Young victims of deadly Okla. tornado 8 Photos
- Clean-up efforts underway in Okla. 29 Photos
- Tsarnaev friend implicates dead brother, self in murders 163 Comments
- Boy Scouts to vote on allowing openly gay members 81 Comments
- Hard recovery in store after Okla. tornado's devastation
- Minn. park landslide leaves 1 child dead, 1 missing
- Body of child recovered from deadly Minn. landslide
- Up-close video of Moore, Okla., tornado Play Video
Sounds more like she was represented by Motley Crue. I''''ve heard of frivolous suits before, but this one is a "school boy howler."
Posted by rickstas
Daniel Pearl was guilty of being a Jewish reporter in Iraq murdered by heartless thugs as he was beheaded on video for the world to see. What can be frivolous about a lawsuit against his those who butchered him and the groups that support them. Many of these groups have money in U.S. banks and own properties in the U.S. Daniel Pearl''s family deserves whatever they can get.
Sounds more like she was represented by Motley Crue. I''ve heard of frivolous suits before, but this one is a "school boy howler."
non muslims of the world unite,,, fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside,,,
I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770
Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm
Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan
the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/