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From: Bart (129.171.32.13)
Subject: Daniel Pearl's Family Protests Cheney's Sleazy Use of his Death to Mock Kerry
Date: August 18, 2004 at 8:29 am PST

Pearl Family: Keep Daniel's Name Out of Politics

By E&P Staff

Published: August 17, 2004

NEW YORK Responding to a statement by Vice President Dick Cheney last Thursday, the family of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has asked that his name not be used in any political context in this year's election campaign.

Mocking Sen. John Kerry's pledge to fight a "more sensitive" war on terror, Cheney had said, "The men who beheaded Daniel Pearl will not be impressed by our sensitivity."

Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded in Pakistan two years ago.

Pearl's father, Judea Pearl, 67, said the request was meant to reduce the chances of inflaming hatred.

"We don't take sides between Bush and Kerry," he told The New York Times. "I don't even know who I'm going to vote for."

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