Daniel Pearl

Daniel Jacob Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist. Pearl was kidnapped while working as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Mumbai, India. He had gone to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between Richard Reid (the "shoe bomber") and Al-Qaeda. He was subsequently beheaded by his captors. In July 2002, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani or... More

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  • Oct 10, 1963

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  • Feb 1, 2002 (age 38 years)

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