[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              DANIEL PEARL

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, on the day we found out that Daniel Pearl 
was dead, the editors of the Wall Street Journal said, ``His murder is 
an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of everything that Danny's 
kidnappers claimed to believe in.
  ``They claimed to be Pakistani nationalists, but their actions most 
surely bring shame to all true Pakistani patriots.''
  I think the editors of the Journal got it exactly right. Murder is 
never an act of patriotism, no matter what country one comes from.
  Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is doing everything he can to 
track down Mr. Pearl's killers. Our own President says he is confident 
that Pervez Musharraf is doing everything possible to find them.
  Pervez Musharraf has proven that he is a reliable ally in our war on 
terrorism. He has proven it by tracking down terrorists, even when they 
are citizens of his own country.
  Daniel Pearl, another totally innocent victim in this war on 
terrorism, died seeking the truth. Let us make sure he did not die in 
vain. Let us help Pervez Musharraf find his killers, stop terrorism, 
and bring peace and democracy to the struggling nations of this world.

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