Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Idea Of The Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43010)	7/15/2002 5:50:58 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

US President George W Bush on Monday welcomed conviction of four militants for the kidnap and murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl, saying it was a proof of Pakistan's leadership in the war against terrorism. The News reporting... "The administration welcomes Pakistan's verdict in this matter," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters en route here where the president was to deliver a speech on the economy. "Daniel Pearl was brutally executed and Pakistan's court system has now ruled. This is a further example of Pakistan showing leadership in the war against terror." Britain also welcomed the conviction, but affirmed its opposition to the death penalty. A spokesman for Britain's Foreign Office told AFP: "We support suspected terrorists being brought to justice." But he added: "It is well known that we oppose the death penalty in all circumstances. The Pakistani authorities are already well aware of our position on this issue. I don't rule out that it (the issue) will be raised again but I am not aware of any occasion on which it will be raised again. We have already raised it." Meanwhile, Pearl's family in the United States said it was "grateful" for Pakistan's work to bring those guilty to justice."We, the parents, wife and sisters of Daniel Pearl, are grateful for the tireless efforts by authorities in Pakistan and the United States to bring those guilty of Danny's kidnapping and murder to justice," the family said in a statement. "Today's verdict is the first chapter in this process," the statement added, calling for all further accomplices to be brought to justice. The reporter's former employers also welcomed the convictions. "We continue to mourn Danny Pearl," said Steven Goldstein, Vice-president of Dow Jones and Co, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. "And we continue to hope that everyone responsible for his kidnapping and murder will be brought to justice. Today's verdict is one step in that direction," Goldstein said.