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Article: Wall Street Journal Statement on Pearl
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Title: Wall Street Journal Statement on Pearl
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Statement from Wall Street Journal Publisher Peter R. Kann and Managing
Editor Paul E. Steiger:
We now believe, based on reports from the U.S. State Department and
police officials of the Pakistani province of Sind, that Danny Pearl
was killed by his captors. We are heartbroken at his death.
Danny was an outstanding colleague, a great reporter, and a dear friend
of many at the Journal. His murder is an act of barbarism that makes
a mockery of everything Danny's kidnappers claimed to believe in.
They claimed to be Pakistani nationalists, but their actions must
surely bring shame to all true Pakistani ...