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PAKISTAN: THOUSANDS MARK DEATH OF SUSPECT IN DANIEL PEARL MURDER <javascript:aumenta();> <javascript:diminuisci();> Karachi, 18 May (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - Thousands of people including members of banned Jihadist organisations, Islamic seminary students, Muslim religious party militants attended a funeral prayer in Karachi Friday for Saud Memon who was allegedly secretely held and tortured by authorities in connection with the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Memon died at a Karachi hospital earlier on Friday from wounds his supporters allege were inflicted by Pakistani intelligence agents. The funeral prayers took place at a mosque belonging to the Al-Rasheed Trust where those gathered raised slogans against Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistani intelligence agencies. A cloth merchant Saud Memon was implicated in Pearl's murder after the mutilated body of the American reporter - who had been decapitated by his captors - was found buried in a Memon-owned plot in the outskirts of Karachi. Some five months ago Memon's family claimed he had been abducted by agents of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). The relatives filed a case in Supreme Court of Pakistan for his release, but the government denied it was holding Memon, classifying him as 'missing'. Two weeks ago Memon was found lying unconscious in front of his house. His body bore signs of beatings and his confusional mental state suggested he had suffered extreme psychological stress at the hands of his interrogators, Memon's family said. They accused the ISI of dumping him in front of his house after failing to obtain proof of his involvement in any wrongdoing. On 4 May, Memon appeared in a stretcher in front of the Supreme Court where his lawyer accused the ISI of unlawful detention. The court ordered that Memon be taken to the hospital immediately to be treated for his injuries. Memon's death is likely to further fuel the row over hundreds of people listed by authorities as "missing" but who the government's critics allege are illegally detained. The issue is a key element in the dispute between Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhary and Musharraf. When a number of the so-called "missing" people recently appeared before Supreme Court and recounted how they were held captive by the Pakistani secret services for as long as two years, Chaudhary summoned the ISI head demanding an explanation. The campaign against the illegal detention of people was initially launched by a retired top military officer and former ISI official Khalid Khawaja, who is currently in jail under what authorities say are "maintenance of public order'" provisions. (Aki/Syed Saleem Shahzad) May-18-07 18:15 <http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.4161595 92&par=0#> <http://www.adnki.com/php/sendmail.php?loid=8.0.416159592> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
