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Who Was Daniel Pearl?

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    Daniel Pearl was an American Journalist who was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistan Sovereignty (NMRPS) militants. Daniel Pearl was kidnapped while he was in Karachi Pakistan, investigating on the links between Richard Reid, Al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).  

    According to reports, on the 23rd of January, 2002, Pearl was supposedly on his way to meet a terrorist leader. However Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by a terrorist group. The kidnappers mailed their terms and conditions to the United States Government via the E-Mail id, kidnapperguy@hotmail.com.

    The terms kept by the terrorist group for the release of Daniel Pearl were:  The immediate end of U.S. presence in Pakistan, The delivery of F-16 planes that Pakistan had paid for and never received, the return of Pakistani prisoners to Pakistan, The immediate release of U.S. held prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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