(ABC) Pearl Family Doubts KSM Confession

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/exclusive_pearl.html

Exclusive: Pearl Family Doubts KSM Confession

The father of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl says he doesn't believe al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed is the man who beheaded his son, despite Mohammed's confession to a US military tribunal.

"He wants to take credit for doing it, and he wants to exonerate al Qaeda, blame Pakistan, and whatever," said Judea Pearl, Danny's father. "When a person confesses and he has nothing to lose. You have to take it with a spice of doubt."

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Pearl said that from what he knows about the investigation there are still many unanswered questions trailing back to Pakistan. "We still don't know the whereabouts of the guy who owned the nursery , Memon, where Danny was held," said Pearl. "We don’t know the identities and the whereabouts of the three Arabs who came the last day and performed the murder." While Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claims to be one of them, Pearl says the facts "don't match his story."

Pearl worries that since KSM has confessed to his son's murder, it will be easy for the U.S. Government to slow down or close the investigation into the tragedy.

"Governments are tired, they have bureaucracy, they have other pressing issues that are higher priorities, so they tend to forget the human injustices," he says. "If one person is murdered, a government tends to forget it."

[bullimiami]

1. 'al qaida mastermind'? come on abc enough with the propaganda.

seriously, has anyone had a look at this guy? hes lucky to mastermind a trip to the grocery.

they just print whatever theyre told.

[robinlynne]

5. that photo is 5 years old. who knows who they have in there?

[ShockediSay]

2. After dissappearing 4 years w/ the CIA I'd confess to plotting the Crucifixion nt

[ret5hd]

6. or hiding Elvis.

or breaking up the beatles.
or sabatoging (sp?) Apollo 13.

[primavera]

8. Yeah, I hear KSM admitted to killing Jimmy Hoffa too

And who knew he was behind that whole Pearl Harbor thing? Man, I sure didn't see that one coming! :eyes:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. what I find strange...

is that they claim he made the confession through a translator, this guy did an engineering degree in North Carolina! something tells me he doesn't need the help of a translator!

[robinlynne]

7. I just saw a reporter who read the transcript on "washingotn week" saying he spoke in english

even using common american terms. He mentioned that the transcript is online for all to read.

[DCKit]

4. It's simple....

He works for Cheney.

Seriously, isn't it just a LITTLE too convenient? Not to say he's not a complete monster, but all of it? C'mon already.