How India's Operation Sindoor Got Justice For US Journalist Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and was investigating terror links to Pakistan's intelligence establishment when he was abducted and killed.
Daniel Pearl (File Image)
In a bold response to the dastardly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, that left 22 innocent civilians dead, India launched strikes at 9 "known terror" targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), killing at least 100 terrorists. However, along with the Pahalgam terror attack victims, India's Operation Sindoor also got justice for US journalist Daniel Pearl.
Over 100 terrorists were killed in the precise strikes under Operation Sindoor, including the most wanted Abdul Rauf Azhar. Abdul Rauf was the brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and was involved in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight in 1999. He was wanted in a string of terror attacks in India, including the one on Parliament and the Pathankot terror attack.
Azhar's role in the IC-814 hijacking led to the release of Omar Saeed Sheikh, who later kidnapped and killed American-Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl. A video was also released of Pearl's beheading later.
Pearl was working with The Wall Street Journal when he was kidnapped by Sheikh. Daniel Pearl was the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and was kidnapped while he was investigating terror links to Pakistan's intelligence establishment.
Reacting to Operation Sindoor, Daniel Pearl's colleague Asra Nomani said, "I still have chills in my heart from when I first heard that town’s name in late January 2002. For the 23 years since, I have reported on how Pakistani intelligence and military leaders have used that city — Bahawalpur — in the southern province of Punjab as a base for its homegrown domestic terrorists. When I heard India bombed training camps in Pakistan this week in Operation Sindoor, in response to a Pakistani terrorist rampage in India’s Kashmir state, I had one city’s name on my lips: Bahawalpur. Did India bomb Bahawalpur? It did. I knew then India was striking actual hubs for Pakistan’s homegrown domestic terrorism."
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