{"id":534,"date":"2020-12-30T07:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T07:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=534"},"modified":"2020-12-30T07:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T07:29:12","slug":"us-stands-ready-to-try-mastermind-behind-daniel-pearl-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2020\/12\/30\/us-stands-ready-to-try-mastermind-behind-daniel-pearl-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"US &#8216;stands ready&#8217; to try mastermind behind Daniel Pearl murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dawn-daniel-pearl-daily-rapid-news-pakistan-shc.jpg\" alt=\"dawn-daniel-pearl-daily-rapid-news-pakistan-shc\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dawn-daniel-pearl-daily-rapid-news-pakistan-shc.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dawn-daniel-pearl-daily-rapid-news-pakistan-shc-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dawn-daniel-pearl-daily-rapid-news-pakistan-shc-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>The United States may seek to try in a U.S. court a man accused of killing American journalist Daniel Pearl after a Pakistani court ordered his release, acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Last week, a Pakistani court ordered the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, after his conviction was overturned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cThe separate judicial rulings reversing his conviction and ordering his release are an affront to terrorism victims everywhere,\u201d Rosen said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">If efforts to reinstate Sheikh\u2019s conviction were not successful, he said, \u201cThe United States stands ready to take custody of Omar Sheikh to stand trial here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cWe cannot allow him to evade justice for his role in Daniel Pearl\u2019s abduction and murder,\u201d Rosen added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement by Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen on the Pakistani Proceedings Relating to the Abduction and Murder of Daniel Pearl <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWPsMyMIYq\">https:\/\/t.co\/kWPsMyMIYq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept\/status\/1344064279729811463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8220;We remain grateful for the Pakistani government\u2019s actions to appeal such rulings to ensure that (Sheikh) and his co-defendants are held accountable,&#8221; acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen said in a statement, calling the acquittals &#8220;an affront to terrorism victims everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If, however, those efforts do not succeed, the United States stands ready to take custody of Omar Sheikh to stand trial here,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We cannot allow him to evade justice for his role in 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