If Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is freed by a Pakistani court, he must face American justice. And it shouldn’t be up to the family of one of his victims to demand it, writes @GovChristie wsj.com/articles/extra… via @WSJ
2/ @GovChristie makes a critical argument: The US indicted Omar Sheikh for Danny Pearl's 2002 kidnapping AND the 1994 kidnapping of a US tourist Bela Nuss in India. Christie was there and says: he faces the DEATH PENALTY in America. nbcnews.com/id/wbna3067249
3/ Writes @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "I was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey on Jan. 17, 2002. Six days later, Daniel Pearl, South Asia bureau chief for The @WSJ, was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan."
4/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "Pearl was investigating a story about the shoe bomber, Richard Reid, and had been promised by his kidnappers that they would take him to meet Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani."
5/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "Pearl believed Sheikh Mubarak had information regarding Mr. Reid, the British terrorist who attempted to detonate an explosive device in his shoe aboard a Paris-to-Miami flight in December 2001."

Reid is still an extremist. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…
6/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "Pearl never met Sheikh Mubarak—the meeting was a setup—and he was never seen again. The killers released a videotape of Pearl’s murder. The Pearl investigation was my baptism into the world of terrorism."
7/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "We were all still reeling from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The FBI had set up a command center at the South Brunswick, N.J., headquarters of Dow Jones, the Journal’s publisher."
8/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "Through the combined efforts of @TheJusticeDept and Pakistani authorities, three men were identified as having taken part in the abduction...the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, had been sending ransom demands..."
9/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "Through great computer forensics, the task force of...American and Pakistani authorities was able to identify and arrest three people, including the mastermind of the abduction, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Mr. Sheikh already had a record of terrorism."
10/ In the Sindh High Court decision arguing that Omar Sheikh should be freed, KK Agha and a second judge tried to argue laughably that there is no proof that Omar Sheikh is a proven terrorist. In his piece, @GovChristie puts that preposterous argument to rest.
11/ "In 1994, then a member of Harkat ul-Ansar, an Islamic militant organization, he [Omar Sheikh] was convicted of kidnapping four people, inc an American in India. He was jailed in India but after his terrorist friends hijacked an Indian Airlines flight, Mr. Sheikh was freed.."
12/ @GovChristie: "With assistance from the Taliban, he made his way to Afghanistan. Mr. Sheikh was indicted in March 2002 by a NJ grand jury for the kidnapping of Pearl resulting in his murder. The indictment is still viable and...the U.S. can seek the DEATH PENALTY."
13/ @GovChristie @WSJopinion: "In announcing the indictment, Attorney General John Ashcroft also announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Mr. Sheikh with the kidnapping of the American tourist in India."

As @State_SCA tells Pakistan: America is READY to try Omar Sheikh.

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28 Dec
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You stoked fake Twitter mobs calling Brown + Black families at TJHSST "segregationists." "racist," "toxic" and "pay-to-play" cheaters. #Shame
Thank you @SarahTheHaider for being a champion for our school and its kids. They are amazing, amazing kids. And it's broken my heart this year to see them used as the scapegoats for years of failures by all of the groups who have stoked the woke agitation against our school.
Before COVID, I did hall monitor duty on Mondays when teachers would be in collab meetings. The kids? They'd congregate on the floors of places like Gandhi Commons. Their greatest infraction? Maybe skipping down the hall. They don't skip out of school. They are GOOD KIDS.
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BREAKING via ⁦@HasnaatMalik⁩: “The Sindh High Court on Dec 24 ordered the Sindh govt to...release the 4 men accused of kidnapping + murdering...Daniel Pearl. HOWEVER, the provincial govt will not release these men in view of a Supreme Court order.” tribune.com.pk/story/2277601/…
Reports @HasnaatMalik: “Sources told The @ExpressTribune that the PPP led Sindh government believes that the Supreme Court’s September 28 order with regard to Daniel Pearl case accused is still in the field.”
From @HasnaatMalik: “A three-judge bench led by Justice Mushir Alam on September 28 noted that till the next date of hearing, the respondents – Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Nasim Ahmed, Syed Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil – shall not be released.”
tribune.com.pk/story/2277601/…
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26 Dec
1/ NEWS FLASH. From @SaeedShah @WSJ: “Pakistani authorities were seeking new legal means to continue to detain the man convicted in 2002 as the mastermind of the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, officials said.”
wsj.com/articles/pakis…
2/ “...Faiz Shah, the prosecutor general for the southern province of Sindh, where the case was heard Thursday, said that Mr. Sheikh would remain behind bars. He said that an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court would be used to ensure that.” The order: drive.google.com/file/d/189W34o…
3/ Writes @WSJ @SaeedShah:
“He will be detained,” said Sindh prosecutor Faiz Shah.

“Pakistan, which faces possible intl financial sanctions over lax controls on terrorist groups in the country, has been embarrassed by the resurfacing of the Pearl case...analysts say.” Image
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26 Dec
ALERT In hours starting 12 PM ET Fri night / 9 AM Karachi time, Omar Sheikh + 3 men convicted in Danny Pearl's murder will try to walk out of jail. Ruth + @YudaPearl ask the govt of Pakistan to stop this miscarriage of #JusticeforDanielPearl. cc: @imrankhanpti @realdonaldtrump
1/How did we get here? Born in 1973, Omar Sheikh, a British-Pakistani dropout from the London School of Economics became radicalized at Salafi mosques in London in the early 1990s. He vowed to become a jihadi. He went to Pakistan to wage jihad. And kidnap. theguardian.com/world/2005/feb…
2/ 1994, Omar Sheikh went to India for a militant group, and he used the fake name "Rohit Sharma" to kidnap four tourists, including an American, Bela Nuss, from Connaught Place in Delhi. He was caught by Delhi police and sent to Tihar Jail. nytimes.com/1994/11/01/wor…
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1/ Christmas Eve, Sindh High Court Judge KK Agha shocked us by issuing get-out-of-jail-free cards to the 4 men convicted in Daniel Pearl's murder. The govt of Pakistan is fighting that ruling. This is what Danny's brave parents, Ruth and @yudapearl say...
2/ From Ruth and @yudapearl: "We refuse to believe that the Pakistani government and the Pakistani people will let such a travesty of justice tarnish the image and legacy of Pakistan."

The new judicial decision ⬇️ Download here: drive.google.com/file/d/1uAoZhQ…
3/ We believe our sons murderers should remain in jail because of the Supreme Court Appeals, and we are also heartened to hear the Government of Pakistan is filing an appeal against the latest release order so that our son's murderers will remain in jail and justice will prevail.
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Warning: The details in this report of Daniel Pearl’s murder are of a very sensitive nature. They underscore the heinous nature of this crime against humanity and the urgent need for #justiceforDanielPearl. The DNA report is here, public for the 1st time: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…
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