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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:47 PM Original message |
Daniel Pearl: did he die because he was a Jew or a journalist? |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe he was investigating something they didn't want him too. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They may not distinguish between Journalist or Spy. |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Very true. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. If they knew he was Jewish he was then seen as a spy for Israel. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sadly, militants aren't the only ones who believe that to be true. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Along with nearly every other country in the world. You know that |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But being a Jew doesn't qualify one for being a spy for Israel. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Paranoia or just plain anti Semitism. |
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bananarepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. The answer lies in what he was investigating at the time! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Well, there is that. |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Considering what we NOW know... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. The ISI. |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I didn't know what "ISI" was so I googled it. Holy shit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. They laundered money to Atta, among other things. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. The msm never seemed to make up its mind on that question. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. I always thought he was killed because he was American. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. They knew he was Jewish and had been tracking him. He worked for the Wall Street Journal. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I didn't realize that. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. I doubt he would have been killed if he hadn't been Jewish... |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. he's just as dead either way. nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Hey! Thanks for that insight! nt |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Sorry I guess that did come out snotty, and I didn't mean it that way. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There's a lot happening in Pakistan that we won't know for years. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Glad you brought him up. I was really bummed by his death. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Danny Pearl died because he was a good journalist who took risks. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. But I seem to recall his murderers taunting him for being a Jew. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Of course. But, imho they would have taunted him anyway |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wasn't he getting close |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'm pretty sure that was the underlying or primary reason. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. There was alot of stuff about him here on DU ...speculation and |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think being American sealed his fate, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. He was killed |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Do you believe there is any possibility |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I am not |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Evil act indeed. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes....there was more to his death than was reported...or will be for |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Both, plus the fact that he was an American |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. There is a significant portion of the muslim |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Which has what to do with the topic? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Just as many in the US |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. OIC, you were just giving an example of anti-Semitism. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. All of the above |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. Asra Nomani, a friend of Danny's and a former colleague at the WSJ |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. Because he worked for the CIA |
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