Mariane Pearl's suit contends that Pakistan's biggest bank aided her husband's killers.
Pearl widow sues bank, extremists (click here)
NEW YORK - Daniel Pearl's widow sued more than a dozen reputed extremists and Pakistan's largest bank, blaming them for the 2002 torture and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter.
A complaint filed yesterday in Brooklyn federal court by Mariane Pearl and her husband's estate alleges that Habib Bank Limited of Karachi knowingly provided financial services for al-Qaeda and other terror groups. Backed by the bank, terrorists "carried out the kidnapping, ransom, torture, execution and dismemberment of Daniel Pearl and broadcast those images nationwide," said the suit, which seeks unspecified damages.
Also named as a defendant is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the imprisoned mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
There was no immediate response to a message left with the bank's Manhattan office.- AP
There is a lot of validity to the 'idea' that cutting off funding to a military operation, which al Qaeda is, will stop, slow and prevent any ability for the war to survive. To stop the funds available to terrorist networks is a very, very smart and 'real strategy' against their ability to carry out attacks. The West has a lot to be grateful for if these widows are successful. I wish them all the best.
