Video of His Murder
On February 21, 2002, a videotape was released titled The Slaughter of the Spy-Journalist, the Jew Daniel Pearl. The video shows Pearl's mutilated body, and lasts 3 minutes and 36 seconds.
During the video, Daniel Pearl famously remarks:
My name is Daniel Pearl. I'm a Jewish American from Encino, California, USA. I come from, uh, on my father's side the family is Zionist. My father's Jewish, my mother's Jewish, I'm Jewish. My family follows Judaism. We've made numerous family visits to Israel.
Following these statements, Daniel Pearl's throat is slit, and his head is severed and held by a gloating murderer.
In addition, Pearl was required to condemn American foreign policy. However, his parents have noted that this was propaganda, and that Pearl was in fact "a proud American, and he abhorred of extremist ideologies." The family also listed some signals from Pearl in the video which shows he disagreed with what he was forced to say.
The ending of the video concludes with the captors demanding the release of all Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, and warns that if their demands are not met, they would repeat the scene "again and again."
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