Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on March 19, 2013

The family of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has welcomed the arrest of a man in Pakistan allegedly involved in his brutal 2002 beheading.

Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations Directorate on Monday confirmed the arrest of Qari Abdul Hayee, of Karachi, NBC reported.

Pearl's parents, Judea and Ruth Pearl, told the press Monday:

"We are gratified with this latest arrest and hope that justice will be served in a timely manner on all of those who were involved in the abduction and murder of our son, Danny."

Hayee, believed to have arranged Pearl's kidnapping, was detained in a raid on a hideout, Agence France-Presse quoted a spokesman for Pakistan's Rangers paramilitary force as saying.

ABC News noted that self-described 9/11 "mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed in 2007 to having killed Pearl.

However, Mohammed detained at Guantanamo Bay has never been charged with the crime.

Pearl, 38, was researching a story about Islamist militants and so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid for the Journal when he was abducted and beheaded in January 2002. A group called the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistan's Sovereignty claimed responsibility for Pearl's abduction.

A graphic video of his decapitation was delivered to US officials in Karachi nearly a month later, and eventually posted online.

A movie about his murder, "A Mighty Heart," came out in 2007, with Angelina Jolie playing Pearl's pregnant wife, Mariane.

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Family of Journalist Daniel Pearl, Beheaded in Pakistan, Welcomes Arrest of Suspect

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