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Indian airstrike kills Pakistani jihad leader who murdered Daniel Pearl

Justice, at long last

“‘India avenges Daniel Pearl’s murder’: JeM commander Abdul Rauf Azhar killed in Indian airstrikes,” Business Today, May 8, 2025:

India’s Operation Sindoor has not only struck at the heart of Pakistan’s terror infrastructure but also delivered what many see as long-overdue justice for American-Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl.

News18, citing sources, has reported that Indian airstrikes have eliminated Abdul Rauf Azhar, operational chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed and a central conspirator in Pearl’s 2002 kidnapping and murder.

Rauf Azhar, younger brother of JeM founder Masood Azhar, was also the mastermind behind the 1999 IC-814 hijacking, which resulted in the release of Al-Qaeda operative Omar Saeed Sheikh. Sheikh would later go on to abduct and behead Daniel Pearl, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, in a brutal execution that shocked the world.

On Wednesday, Indian forces executed a precision operation striking nine terrorist locations across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Bahawalpur strike, which targeted JeM’s Markaz Subhan Allah complex, reportedly killed Azhar and 10 members of Masood Azhar’s family, including his sister and brother-in-law. The JeM chief later issued a statement confirming these deaths.

Hailing the Indian strikes, American activist Amy Mek, founder of the RAIR Foundation, wrote: “Today, India delivered justice for the brutal murder of American-Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl by eliminating Abdul Rauf Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed commander and key conspirator behind Pearl’s kidnapping, torture, and beheading.”

For years, Mek continued, the West has tolerated Pakistan’s terror export while innocent lives paid the price. “India has finally done what needed to be done—targeting the very Islamic terror infrastructure that breeds jihad.”

Calling Abdul Rauf Azhar more than just a terrorist, Mek wrote: “He conspired to murder Daniel Pearl… Operation Sindoor struck at the heart of terror, hitting Jaish-e-Mohammed strongholds and sending a clear message: India will not stand by while radicals slaughter non-Muslims.”

“To India, we say THANK YOU. Thank you for standing strong against Islamic terror and taking the fight directly to the jihadis. The West must learn from India’s stance on Islamic terror. Islamic jihad has no place in a civilized world, and anyone who shelters these monsters must face the consequences,” she said.

Pearl had disappeared in Karachi on January 23, 2002, while investigating terror networks. He was reportedly scheduled to interview a religious leader when he was abducted near a café. His captors, calling themselves the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, accused him of being a spy and demanded the release of Pakistani prisoners held by the US. Later, Pearl was killed and his body was discovered on May 16, 2002.

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[Anonymous] 03:05 10.05.2025
All the strategic mistakes of US in the 70’s,80’s,90’s, and after 2000,are culminating now to face US and Israel. Most of the US allies turned to be its aggressive enemies .
[Anonymous] 02:59 10.05.2025
Pakistan’s nuclear program was a big mistake committed by US and funded by Saudi Arabia to prevent USSR and China from moving towards Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
[Anonymous] 02:55 10.05.2025
Pakistan established a large training camps and centers for Islamic afghan Mujahidin funded by Saudi Arabia and trained by the CIA in late 1975 to force USSR out of Afghanistan
[Anonymous] 02:50 10.05.2025
Pakistan is no different than Iran ,Somalia, Sudan or Gaza .it is a state of Islamic terror supporters,but with nuclear power. It was and still and will remain a state of Islamic terrorists
Cindy 09:35 09.05.2025
Well done India!
Iris Longtime 00:50 09.05.2025
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[Anonymous] 23:06 08.05.2025
You are correct. The civilized world cannot live with Muslim terrorists.
[Anonymous] 22:55 08.05.2025
Awesome
James McLaurin 22:51 08.05.2025
Thank you, India!
VRR Media 22:50 08.05.2025
Glad the planet is waking up to eradicate this hateful mindset. Hoping for a new age of wisdom.
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