A Mighty heart Subited By Darma The day after 9/11, Danny and I flew to Pakistan.
He was the South Asia Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal
and I was working for French Public Radio.
Thousands of journalists from all over the world arrived in Islamabad
to cover the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
On the 7th October the bombing began.
The forces of the Taliban Government were rapidly overwhelmed.
And with the end of the war, many journalists moved on.
Danny and I stayed.
Reporting on nuclear weapons, Al Qaeda, secret Jihadi training camps
and the million refugees still living in Peshawar,
the birthplace of the Taliban.
As the hunt for Bin Laden continued in the mountains of Tora Bora
many fighters slipped back across the border into Pakistan,
Looking for a safe place to regroup.
And many people in Pakistan saw America as the enemy
and the Taliban as their Muslim brothers.
By the end of January, I was five months pregnant
and we were ready to go home.
But there was one more interview that Danny wanted.
We flew to Karachi, one of the largest cities in the world.
The main port of entry to and departure from Pakistan.
A vast, sprawling, chaotic city where there are so many people
nobody knows how to count them.
How do you find one man amongst all this?
Okay, thank you.
- Hey. - Hi. How's it going?
Yeah, it's okay.
- Where's Mariane? - She's in bed, I think.
Do you know where the headquarters of Cybernet is?
Cybernet? Yeah. Why?
- You know Richard Reid? - Yeah.
He sent an e-mail to his handler here, it's a Cybernet address.
- You wanna go there? - Yeah.
Hey. How are you feeling?
Huge. Pregnant. I stink.
I'll show you stink. Make a lot of stink.
This time tomorrow we're gonna be in an air-conditioned hotel in Dubai.
- How's my little embryo? - Good.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Secrets?
- I have a name for him. - You do?
- What? - Adam.
Adam?
- Sheraton haven't got any cars today. - Really?
- Okay, khuda hafeez. - I need one as well.
It's not a problem. I'll get Shabir to get you guys a taxi.
As long as it doesn't take too long. I can't be late.
- Thank you. - No problem.
All right, I gotta roll. I love you.
- I'll call you. Leave your phone on. - Okay.
I'll see you at the supermarket, okay?
Take care of her.
- Do you have a boy? - I have a daughter, one, sir.
- How old? - Maybe eight and a half months.
Daughter good. No problem. Life.
- Boy too much problem, life. - Yeah.
Danny. Kaleem Yusuf.
- Danny Pearl. - Nice to meet you.
Please, come through. Would you care for some tea?
I want to ask your advice about something.
I'm supposed to meet tonight with Sheikh Gilani.
- Where are you supposed to meet him? - At the Village Restaurant.
Provided you meet him at a public place you should be all right.
- Just be careful. - Okay, I will.
Good.
It's not just religious fundamentalism that we are fighting.
It's a combination of tribalism, retrogressive cultural values
and a totally decayed criminal justice system.
So what is your focus, your solution?
- Tonight you go? - Tomorrow, yeah.
Why, my friend?
- You know Dubai? - I know, sir, Dubai.
- Have you been there? - No, no. Only Karachi.
So I'm trying to find someone who's using Cybernet as his ISP.
I have the e-mail account name
and I was wondering if you'd be able to give me the IP number
or the name of the account holder?
It is possible but I guess everything here is very confidential
and we are not supposed to leak any sort of information to anybody.
Asra? Yeah, I'll be there in 10 minutes.
Masud.
Danny. How are you? Is everything okay?
Yeah. No, I'm all right, I'm on my way now.
Okay. Is Mariane going with you?
- No, she's not. She's gonna stay home. - No? That's good.
- Why? Is there a problem? - No, no, there's no problem.
As long as you meet in public, there shouldn't be a problem.
All right. I mean, it's what everybody tells me.
Yeah, because that's true. Good luck for the meeting.
Yeah, thanks.
Hey. Hey, baby.
- Hey, where are you? - I'm at the supermarket.
- What are you cooking? - Picadillo.
Oh, yeah? Excellent.
How are you? How was your day?
It was all right. They didn't tell me much.
- What time will you be back? - I'm hoping 9:00.
I'm sitting in a parking lot right now but hopefully we'll get moving
and I'm still hoping 9:00.
- Listen, I love you. - Love you.
- Bye. - Bye-bye.
Pakistani and Indian troops
are still massing on the disputed Kashmir border...
Asra, how much time do I have?
It's okay. We've got lots of time. Don't worry.
Glasses, glasses.
The number you have dialed is not responding at the moment.
Please try later.
Excuse me. How far are we going?
- How's it going? - Good.
So, it's just helping.
- What is it that you're doing? - It's a cabin crew job. Qatar Airways.
- That is the toughest job in the world. - It is. Waking up at 4:00 in the morning.
- How much are they paying you? - I love the way she says Urdu.
At least I can say "water" as opposed to "water. "
No-one says "water" here. Okay? We all say "water. "
- Hey, this food is really good. - Yes, it's very nice.
It's a Cuban dish.
- Cuban? - Cuban.
- Is that where you're from? - No. My mother's Cuban. I'm from Paris.
- Where's that CIA agent, man? - How do you mean?
All the American journalists are CIA agents, aren't they?
Sure.
I work for the Wall Street Journal, so does that make me a CIA agent?
But what do the Americans really know about Pakistan?
What do they know about Afghanistan?
Apart from bombing it all the time.
That's why I'm a journalist, to let people know.
- That's a romantic idea of journalism. - I don't think so.
Read the papers here, you'll be definitely more cynical.
- Sweet Indian maiden. - Yeah, whatever.
That sounds so wrong.
Please try later.
But that's how you guys say it, right? "Hot. "
- Thanks for dropping in, dude. - See you soon, inshallah.
Say salaam to your dad, right?
I still can't get through to Danny.
Well, maybe they took him to a madrasa out of town.
No, he would call me. I'm going to check his computer.
Okay.
Maybe his battery is low or something.
"Dear Mr. Pearl, thank you very much for your articles.
"I have passed the printout to Shah saab.
"He has gone to Karachi for a few days.
"I will arrange an appointment with the Sheikh in Karachi for you
"on Tuesday or Wednesday.
"Please give the Sheikh my regards. Bashir.
"Sheikh saab is expecting you at 7:00 p. m. on Wednesday
"and hopefully you will get at least half hour with him.
"Looking forward to hearing from you. Bashir. "
How's it going?
I found the e-mails setting up Danny's meeting with Gilani.
His contact is Imtiaz Siddique, 01300...
- Yeah. Yeah. - ... 344
6543.
There's another number, hold on. His brother's mobile.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Okay. Where was it?
No, this line is disconnected as well. It's not working.
That e-mail address, "Nobadmashi. "
In Urdu it means, like, "no wrongdoing. "
It's a weird e-mail address.
The brother's number is bullshit and Siddique's number is bullshit.
It's bullshit.
"Jamaat Ul-Fuqra. "
- Fugra? - Fugra, Fuqra, who cares?
Community of the Impoverished.
Their aim is to purify Islam through violence.
"Ten unsolved assassinations.
"Seventeen firebombing cases between 1979 and 1990.
"Possible link to Richard Reid, the shoe bomber.
"They are suspected to have connection to terrorists
"who bombed World Trade Center in '93."
I didn't know Gilani was that serious.
No, Sheikh Gilani is a peaceful man. He's always upset when people die.
So he was upset that the World Trade Centers were bombed?
Yes, because many of his followers are American.
Do you know who's behind the attack on the World Trade Center?
- Who? - The Jews.
Really?
Mossad are the only ones who could have organized such an event.
Do you know that 4,000 Jews who normally worked in the Towers
didn't turn up that day?
What are you? A Christian?
No, Jewish.
The American Consulate, Corporal Bailey speaking.
How can I help you?
Hello, my name is Mariane Pearl
and I'm calling because my husband is missing.
He's a journalist. And he was...
Ma'am, I'm afraid the Consulate is closed at the moment.
If you can call back in the morning
and ask for Randall Bennett, he's Diplomatic Security.
He gets in pretty early, okay?
Hi, can I speak to John Bussey, please?
- John Bussey. - Hi, John, this is Asra.
Hey, Asra. How are you? How's the book?
Yeah, it's going really well.
John, listen, I'm with Mariane Pearl in Karachi
and Danny went for an interview earlier on today and he hasn't come back yet.
Oh, okay.
Well, who's he interviewing?
Hello?
- Ruth, it's Mariane. - Mariane?
Judea? It's Mariane.
Is everything all right?
Danny had an interview and he's not back.
He didn't come home last night.
Mariane, this is Judea. Who was he interviewing?
A religious leader. His name was Sheikh Gilani.
Does anyone there know that he's Jewish?
No, I don't think so.
Mariane, just let us know as soon as you hear anything. Okay?
Okay. Bye, Ruth.
Sorry, I'm so late.
I love you. I'll call you, okay?
- Hello, I'm calling for Randall Bennett. - Randall Bennett speaking.
Hello, my name is Mariane Pearl and my husband is Daniel Pearl.
He's a journalist for the Wall Street Journal.
I know your husband.
- You do? - Yeah, I met him yesterday.
- Daniel? - Daniel Pearl, yeah.
Randall Bennett, Diplomatic Security Service. How are you?
I wanna ask your advice about something, if you don't mind.
I'm supposed to be meeting later with Sheikh Gilani.
Okay.
And I wanna get a sense from you
whether you think that that's a good idea.
- Who arranged that meeting for you? - My fixer in Islamabad.
- Is he going to be there? - No.
I mean, I left him in Islamabad.
- Hello? - Masud, it's Mariane.
- Hi, Mariane. Is everything okay? - Danny did not come home last night.
What do you mean he didn't come home last night?
I need a number for Bashir.
I have the number to the contact but I don't have the number to Bashir.
Who is your contact?
His name is Arif.
He met him in Rawalpindi.
Driver, please stop near the Hotel Akbar International.
- Hello. - Hi. I'm Danny.
- Hello. - Masud.
- What's your name? - Bashir.
Hello, Bashir, nice to meet you.
You know, Sheikh Gilani is a direct descendant of the Prophet.
He is a Pir.
- A holy man. - The holy man.
Most of the journalists who come here,
they come with only one story they want to write
and that is, they want to write about terrorism.
Is that what you want?
Honestly, I can't tell you that until I meet him.
I don't know that until I meet him.
Sheikh Gilani does not want to meet journalists.
I understand. Listen, I have a number of articles.
If you'd like to see them, I'd be happy to show them to you.
Is there a way for me to get in touch with you?
My e-mail address is on there.
Bashir is a Jihadi?
- It's possible, I'm not sure. - Is he connected to Al Qaeda?
I'm not sure. I'm not sure at all.
I'll call Arif and I'll call you straight back.
- This is serious, actually. - Yeah, you call me straight back.
Give me Danny's computer.
Look through all the papers in here and put them over there.
Is this your house?
- Yes, it's my house. - Your name?
Asra Nomani.
Have you got any ID?
Yes, I have my passport.
I'm from India.
India?
There are some codes.
That's his shorthand. He's a journalist.
Do you have a photograph of your husband?
There's a bag with a circle, a polka dot.
Look under the bed.
- Is this your husband? - Yes.
Give those pictures to me.
- Yeah? - Hi, Mariane, this is Masud.
I was calling Arif but his mobile is switched off.
Get down here. Okay?
I'm a bit afraid of police, can you please protect me from them?
- Get down here. Okay? - Okay, fine.
Is he coming?
- Hello. - Yes, I'm Mariane. Who are you?
Javed Habib. I am SSP CID.
- He's Dost, MI. - Hello.
Hello.
- What is that? - Military Intelligence. I am Chief of CID.
- The unit in charge of counter-terrorism. - Counter-terrorism?
Randall Bennett has called me.
Randall Bennett?
Can you help me to understand what is this?
The most important thing for us is to find your husband.
Look, Asra and I are your best ally.
Right? We are both journalists and we should work together.
I would not like to have it any other way, Mrs. Pearl.
I need your support. I need your help.
- We have Danny's computer. - Okay. Could I see it?
I'll go and get it.
Who took him to the restaurant?
Did you get the taxi for Daniel Pearl?
- Yes, sir. - Where did you get the taxi from?
Sir, from Two Swords.
Get out.
What's your name?
Hello, son.
What's your name?
- Harris, sir. - Harris?
- What's that? - Can you translate that?
We'll find your Danny.
You must take care of yourself and the baby.
- You didn't see anyone at 7pm? - No.
There was no foreigner here yesterday?
Yesterday evening, did you see a foreigner here?
No, sir.
The Al Qaeda suspects, seen on their arrival in Cuba earlier this month,
are the subject of renewed concern
over how the United States is treating its detainees.
The number you have dialed is not responding at the moment.
I'm really sorry about Danny.
- Have you heard any news? - No.
Can you tell us what you know?
Danny wanted to meet Gilani.
He went with Arif. And we spoke with Bashir...
- And who's Arif? - I don't know.
What do you mean you don't know? How did you meet him?
- I got his number from a friend of mine. - Okay, so who's the friend?
- I can't tell you. - You can't tell us? Why is that?
Is that because they paid you for Danny?
How much did they pay you for Danny?
I was doing my job, helping Danny.
I don't think you understand how serious this is.
We need that name to find Danny. Danny is missing.
He may be able to help me find him. Okay? I need the name.
I promised him not to give his name.
Do you understand that maybe
you can make the difference of helping Danny or nobody finds him?
Maybe nobody finds him because you won't give the fucking name!
Yeah, hello?
Hello, Paracha, this is Masud.
I'm with Mariane Pearl. They want to talk to you.
You gave them my name?
Hello? Can you tell me anything that you know about Arif?
I met Arif at Harkut-ul-Mujahideen. He's just a Jihadi.
But what's his full name?
I don't know. I don't know anything about him personally.
A few weeks ago they were having this organization legal
but now they've all gone underground.
Okay, look, I don't need a political speech.
Can you just give me some information?
He had short hair, skinny and was wearing glasses.
We found one person.
I told Danny not to contact Bashir directly.
- Can you describe Bashir for us? - I can try.
- What is your name? - Aqeel Nawaz.
We've brought you something. It was the best we could find in Karachi.
I'm Randall Bennett.
- It's nice to meet you at last. - Nice to meet you.
- This is Philippe Scaerou. - Hello.
And Veronique Laurent from the French Embassy.
And from the FBI we have Maureen Platt...
Mrs. Pearl, we're gonna need to look at Daniel's computer.
These gentlemen need to copy the hard drive.
Hello.
If you need anything, don't hesitate.
Goodbye, Mariane, be brave.
- How are you? - Captain.
I haven't been introduced to this gentleman here.
Javed Habib, Chief of CID.
He's leading the investigation on the Pakistani side.
Interesting. Thank you.
- Agent Platt. - Excuse me.
We have been discussing
how important it is that everybody shares information.
- Of course. - Bennett.
- Yes? - It's kind of a private call.
Do you think you can you clear the room?
All right. Come on, gentlemen. Today. Let's go. Let's move it out.
Thank you, gentlemen.
This is for you.
It's as much as I could get together in 24 hours.
There's a lot about Gilani
and some other people that are beginning to appear.
Why have we not heard from the kidnappers?
Well, they're gonna wanna get Danny to a safe place before they make contact.
And we've got the police doing everything they can
to make it difficult.
I want you to know that they consider Danny a high-value hostage
and they'll wanna keep him alive.
Gilani.
Akbar.
Reid going to Boston.
And then we tally the number.
So now we have one piece of news.
- Finally we have found the taxi driver. - What did he say?
He took Danny to the Village Restaurant for 7:00.
Danny received a phone call and then he told taxi driver he could go.
I'm gonna let you go, okay? Thank you.
Yeah, but do we believe that story?
Waiters at the restaurant corroborate his story.
Okay. Right.
And no luck so far with Gilani.
- Or Bashir or Siddique? - No.
And what about Masud? What's happening with him?
He's here.
We are sending him back to Islamabad tonight.
He has to look for Arif.
He's here with his brother-in-law, who's a journalist.
He's a journalist? He's here?
He works for Takbeer. A Jihadi newspaper. Very anti-US.
- What? Where is he? - He's outside.
What is this? Who are these people?
Why are you bringing them to my house?
- Why is there a journalist in my home? - This guy is torturing me.
He's a torturer. He's going to go with me to Islamabad.
- What is this? - Help me.
It's not true. It's not true at all.
You need to find Arif and you need to find Bashir.
And don't bring people to my house that don't like Americans.
Danny's American.
- And don't write shit. - Sorry for that.
Come on, get them in the car.
Go on, move it.
Make sure nothing goes wrong.
We're conducting a proper investigation.
How long have you been here?
One year, sir.
How many children do you have?
Sir, only one child.
- Only one? - Yes.
No, but just tell me. That's what I'm saying.
The ISI came to my parents and asked, where did this girl come from?
From India?
I understand but you know I'm not involved in any of that.
I know that but...
He won't come back. His family will never let him come back.
Some Intelligence guys went over to his house,
said I was some kind of an Indian spy
and that they'd make a big scandal for his family.
He's afraid of his family?
Connect those lines.
Mariane. Hi.
- How are you? - I'm all right.
- Any news? No. - No.
How was the honeymoon?
It was good, yeah. It was good.
I brought loads of stuff, a computer, printer, phones.
How many lines are you getting us?
Six lines.
Where are they coming from?
We're cutting off the neighbors' phone lines.
What will happen to their phones?
They'll have to use yours.
Hasan, this is Steve.
Hello.
You speak Urdu?
Steve and Danny worked together in Islamabad.
Okay. You knew Mr. Pearl?
So, they still need to find Arif, the go-between,
Bashir in Rawalpindi,
Imtiaz Siddique here in Karachi and Gilani, wherever he is.
And Danny.
Check everybody's ID before you let them through.
My mother is here and she wants me to marry someone who I really don't know.
- What, like an arranged marriage? - It is, 100%.
Have you seen this article from The Independent?
What's that?
The Journal's bureau in London sent it through.
It's about a British Pakistani, Omar Saeed Sheikh.
It claims that he wired $100,000 to Mohammed Atta just before 9/11.
How does that connect to Danny?
Well, he's based in Rawalpindi
and he specializes in kidnapping Westerners.
- Can I see it? - Yeah.
- Do you know him? - I know him only by reputation.
- Hello. - It's John Bussey.
Let me talk to Mariane, please.
Hello?
- Hey, Mariane. It's John. How are you? - Hello.
I need you to come here.
I'm thinking maybe the best thing for me to do is to go to Islamabad first.
No, no, to Karachi.
To make the diplomatic rounds with us.
Okay. No, that makes sense to me.
- Soon, yeah? - Yeah, very soon. Very, very soon.
- All right. - We pretty much can write him off.
Captain, can I talk to you?
Danny is not a religious man. But...
But he's Jewish, by birth.
Okay.
Who else knows this?
He didn't advertise it
but he would never deny if somebody asked him.
Okay.
But don't tell anybody.
I won't.
- Look at this. - What does it say?
It says Danny is suspected of being a Mossad agent
and of having relations with India's Intelligence Agency.
Give it to me.
- Who was it I gave that picture to? - Military Intelligence.
They think he's Mossad, they're going to kill him.
What is everybody doing?
What the fuck is everybody doing?
Very silly.
Is this the address?
Hello?
Yeah. Yeah, I got it.
Okay, yeah, I've got it. I've got it. Thanks.
- What? - There's an e-mail from the kidnappers.
"The National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistan Sovereignty
"has captured CIA officer Daniel Pearl
"who has been posing as a journalist of the Wall Street Journal.
"Unfortunately he is at present being kept in very inhuman circumstances
"quite similar, in fact, to the way
"that Pakistanis and nationals of other sovereign countries
"have been kept in Cuba by the American Army.
"If the Americans keep our countrymen in better conditions
"we will better the conditions of Mr. Pearl
"and all other Americans that we capture. "
Jang claims he's Mossad and now they're claiming he's CIA.
These things they do to shock you.
They're asking for the release of jet plane.
- Hello. Captain. - Randall.
I need the original e-mail so we can see the header.
Well, this is a copy.
The original was sent to the Washington Post.
- I need the original. - Here are the photographs.
- This is all of them right here? - Okay.
This is the only document that came?
- When did you get this? - Half an hour ago.
Can we get someone to figure out what kind of camera this was?
Yeah, but it wasn't sent to the Journal.
- Are these Danny's clothes? - No.
- Can you print this out for me please? - This photo doesn't look real.
I think that's a doctored photo. I don't think this is Danny.
Look at this,
you compare the dimensions here with the dimensions here.
That's Danny.
- Let's send it off to the lab anyway. - Do what you wish.
Dost, can you get on this right away?
We're gonna have to get this to Washington.
- Hello? - Mariane.
It's his mother. It's Danny's mother. Hello.
Have you seen them?
- The photos of Danny. - Yes.
- It's good news, Mariane. - Yes.
It means Danny is alive.
Yes, of course he's alive. Yes.
The people here, they don't think it's real.
They don't think they're really Danny.
Of course they are. I recognize his hands.
Listen, they're going to release him, okay?
I mean, no one would ever want to hurt Danny.
You see that?
He's smiling.
He has a gun to his head and he's smiling and he's telling me he's okay.
Yeah.
He says "fuck you" to them.
She'll be fine. She'll be fine.
I appreciate how difficult this meeting is gonna be for you, Mrs. Pearl.
We need the Minister to authorize a national force to look for Danny.
Just because he was taken in Karachi doesn't mean he's still here.
Minister. Good to meet you.
- This is Mariane Pearl. - How do you do?
Thank you for meeting with us.
Mrs. Pearl, let me tell you something.
There were 3,000 journalists in Pakistan during the war in Afghanistan.
Not one of them got into trouble.
Danny and I were two of those journalists,
so I'm sorry, I don't understand your point.
Why did your husband have to meet with these people?
He's a journalist.
I don't think this is the business of a journalist.
Forgive me for correcting you,
but it is absolutely the business of a journalist.
- Mrs. Pearl. - Yes?
We do have information
that the Indian Intelligence Services are behind this kidnapping.
You really believe that? I don't think...
They are trying to embarrass Pakistan
by blaming Islamic extremists or the ISI
for the disappearance of an American journalist. Don't you see it?
I think we must conclude at this point.
Mr. Bauman, I am slightly busy and I do have some prior engagements.
Thank you. Mr. Bauman.
- Mrs. Pearl. - Thank you.
- Thanks. - Thank you, Mr. Bauman.
Have you seen this person?
I'm looking for somebody who stayed here called Chaudhry Bashir.
Here is his number.
How long do we have to stay here?
Until we find him.
I'm sorry I was unable to come sooner. I've been away.
But I have here a list of all the calls that Danny made from the 19th.
Didn't you meet with Danny the day that he was kidnapped?
That's right. Danny told me he was meeting with Gilani.
In fact, while he was with me, he received two phone calls.
Right.
Right, I'll be there.
We work with telephone numbers.
We start with Danny's number and Arifs,
Imtiaz Siddique's and Bashir's.
From these numbers we find their contacts
and then we obtain the numbers that they called and so on
until we find the kidnappers. This is our business.
And let me assure you, we know what we're doing.
They're sourcing the IP from Bashir's e-mail, right?
That's what they're trying to do.
- And no luck so far? - No.
We're coming to you from the Los Angeles home of Daniel Pearl,
the journalist who has been kidnapped in Pakistan.
A group calling itself
the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty
is claiming responsibility for the kidnapping
and says it's hoping for better treatment of US prisoners held in Cuba.
Excuse me, sorry.
Are you sure this is the right way? This is the right way?
Yes, sir.
Do you have a map?
No. Sorry.
The scene outside the house is out of control.
- We have to respond. - I think you should handle most of it.
Great. We've gotten hundreds and hundreds of requests.
You have an authority that nobody else has to say who Danny is.
And they've already said that he's Mossad.
They've already said he's CIA.
By not responding we're tacitly allowing these things to go unchallenged.
We also have been talking to Colin Powell.
Colin Powell has been talking to President Musharraf.
- Asking him to do what? - We also got a...
I'm sorry. We've also issued a statement
saying that Danny did not work for the Government,
that Danny did not work for the CIA.
The CIA has then agreed to issue a statement confirming that.
- They're gonna confirm that publicly? - Yeah.
- The CIA? - Yeah.
We're doing everything we possibly can do to make sure that Danny is safe.
Okay, we're on our way.
Masud, where's the coach station for Muzaffarabad?
Is Arif going to Muzaffarabad?
From Pirwadhi Bus Station?
Is Arif here?
Seventy-three numbers have now been recognized as possible suspects.
Our analysis is beginning to yield results.
One of the numbers that Bashir called is a land line in Lahore.
And that land line belongs to a Sony TV dealer.
And the Sony TV dealer was frequently calling another man in Karachi.
And this person was frequently calling another man in Punjab.
Where is Hashim's house?
Where is Hashim?
We want to search the house.
Why are you all coming in here?
Now, the important thing is, Hashim also goes by the name of Arif.
- Arif? - That's great.
- We have a photograph of Arif. - You found Arif? Great.
But his family claims he died in Afghanistan.
What?
He told Danny he was going to Kashmir.
Exactly.
- Well, is there a body? - No. There's no body.
We do not believe he's necessarily dead.
His group has a lot of fighters in Kashmir.
We think he may have gone to Muzaffarabad.
- Hello. - Hey, Asra. It's John Bussey.
I just wanted to give you guys the heads-up.
We got another e-mail from the kidnappers.
I have a message. I have a message. I have a message.
Yes, I have a message.
I have three different points I wanna talk about.
Mariane, how's it going in there?
- Good. I'm coming. - Okay.
- Okay. You look great. - Thanks.
One moment.
That's good, that's great.
- Asra, come on. We should go. - Yeah.
It's Danny's.
Okay, let's go.
That's perfect.
Jesus Christ. Come on, you guys, let's go. Come on.
Come on, help us push.
Watch your toes, John.
Yeah, we'll give you a holler, you get in.
There we go.
One question?
You know, emphasize the baby.
Emphasize the fact that you and Danny are both journalists working here.
Okay.
- Bussey, she's fine. Just relax. - Okay.
Mrs. Pearl, the group holding your husband
has given a 24-hour deadline for the United States to meet their demands
or else they say that they'll kill your husband Daniel.
Do you have a message to that group?
Yeah, I have a message.
Three different points I wanna talk about.
The first one is that I want to remind them
that my husband and I are both journalists.
We are two people who met and fell in love
because we have the same ideal.
He's someone who...
I never saw him say a lie.
In his journalism, I've never seen anyone so honest.
And how are you coping with this?
I haven't slept for six days if that's what you're asking.
But I have hope.
I'm not desperate
because I believe that if I stop trying to create this dialogue,
then I stop believing in everything else and I can't do that.
I'm pregnant.
And if you could say one thing to your husband now, what would you tell him?
I love you.
Yeah, okay. Let's cut there. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- All right. - Thank you. Great.
- Great, Holly. - Thank you, John. I'll ring you.
I like the fact that you held yourself together.
You wouldn't know her husband has been kidnapped for six days.
We gotta figure out a way to get Mariane to eat more.
I think it's important for her. For her health.
She's a pregnant woman, she's gotta feed this baby.
Just so you know, I'm not a very good cook.
You know, maybe it's a matter of if we're all eating together.
"You cannot fool us and find us.
"We're inside seas, oceans, hills, graveyards, everywhere.
"This cycle will continue
"and no American journalist could enter Pakistan. "
With respect to Mr. Pearl, we're deeply concerned about his safety
and our hearts go out to his family,
and I know that his colleagues at the Wall Street Journal
are deeply concerned.
We're doing everything we can to try to locate him and rescue him.
I have spoken to President Musharraf in Pakistan
about the situation and I know that he's doing everything he can.
The demands that the kidnappers have placed
are not demands that we can meet or deal with
or get into a negotiation about.
The detainees at Guantanamo are being treated humanely.
I love you.
Don't you collapse now.
Everybody else can collapse but not you. Don't you collapse.
The Pakistani authorities are very, well, they're very embarrassed by this
and they are not gonna go easy on the bad guys, I'll tell you that right now.
I mean, the methods they use over here,
these guys are gonna tell us what we wanna know.
I'd like a front-row seat
when they hang them up by their feet and beat them with sticks.
Right, goodnight.
And we'll see you, you stay all night, yeah?
You stay? Yeah? All night?
Put here, please. Thank you.
- So we have a chef? - Yes.
John got him from Mr. Bauman. He normally works at the US Consulate.
"Baffling questions about Indian lady in Pearl case. "
That is the perfect word for Asra.
"Security agencies are probing several baffling questions
"pertaining to the Indian Muslim lady, Asra Q. Nomani. "
Is there a photo of me there?
"Miss Nomani is staying at a house in Karachi
"that the latter got on a monthly rental of Rs. 40,000."
They're putting how much rent I'm paying?
- Rs. 40,000? - Yeah.
"As her address in India, with her phone number 91-223... "
- What? - It has my address?
How can they get that kind of information?
It's obvious.
Security agencies. Who else? That's their job, they're doing their job.
- You better change your phone number. - It's a Pakistan and India thing.
What do you think of this, Shabir?
He is saying God is raining. God is coming down with the rain.
This is the main attraction.
- You want me to carve it? - I believe you're good with a knife.
The American Consul really knows how to survive in Pakistan.
Let's enjoy our food.
This is a Cotes du Rhone. 1929 Cotes du Rhone.
Wow, vinegar.
Steve's a good name. Because you've got Stephen.
You've got Steve, you've got Stevie. Jonathan, Jon, Jonny.
- Formal, nickname, sex name. - So, it'll be like...
You know what's pretty is Alison.
- Ali, Alison, Al, for instance. - Jonny's like a little boy's name.
- Theresa. - You know, it's really old-fashioned.
- Mother Theresa. - No.
- Hey, Captain, what's up? - I'm afraid there's bad news.
What is it?
Danny's body has been found.
- He's in the morgue. - Fuck.
Dost is on his way to collect you.
- Okay, thank you. - What?
We've gotta get over there. Better get the guy here before we go.
Fuck!
Where's the guy? Where's the waiter guy?
John, fuck the bill. What are you fucking talking about?
Fuck!
What did he say? What did Captain say?
He said they've got the body in the morgue.
I come to you with a tragic development in the case of Daniel Pearl,
the Wall Street Journal reporter who's been missing for 10 days.
According to Karachi police, we can confirm now that he is dead.
His body was found dumped outside of a car in downtown Karachi.
He had several bullet wounds.
Can you open the mouth?
- It's not Danny. - What do you mean it's not Danny?
Well, he's got braces in his mouth...
That's not fucking Danny.
- What? - It's not fucking Danny.
So wait, wait. I'm sorry.
Are you doubting the fact that I saw this?
Are you actually asking me to get you a second source?
Hello? Yeah, it's not fucking Danny.
No, it's a fucking Iranian student, for God's sakes.
It is not Danny.
- Are you coming over? - Yeah.
I just wanted to get you, well, you should know.
All right, okay.
I can't believe that they just announced it without any confirmation.
Yeah, in the middle of Super Bowl Sunday.
I can't imagine who those sources were.
Everyone's calling the Journal for a quote.
- It's not Danny, you know that? - I know.
I've been talking to the Journal.
Just, you know, be strong.
I know. We will be.
Who's this gentleman Daniel Pearl you keep mentioning again and again?
I'm not asking you about his whereabouts, I just want to know...
I don't know.
I've told you earlier, I've never heard of this man before.
I'm saying, what's your opinion about his articles?
I've never read his articles. What are you trying to get at?
No, we have the mails which says,
"I spoke to Sheikh's secretary yesterday
"and he told me that Sheikh Sahib has read your articles
"and that you are welcome to meet him. "
You gave the appointment.
You read the articles. It says Bashir wrote to Daniel.
Bashir wrote to Daniel Pearl, why don't you ask Bashir?
Why don't you ask him?
Mariane?
We have caught Gilani.
He was in Muzaffarabad but he is here now.
- What did he say? - He's not involved.
Wait, wait, wait.
I thought Gilani was the guy?
He was just the bait.
He was used as a bait.
- So, there's no Gilani involved? - No.
We go back to Arif, we go back to Siddique and Bashir.
I don't see this as a negative thing, I have to say.
This is a set-up.
I mean, if Gilani has nothing to do with this
- some of these letters are bogus. - It's worse than that.
It means that they've been planning something for weeks.
And for weeks he thinks he's meeting with Gilani and there is no Gilani.
And whoever these people are,
they're thinking about doing this for weeks.
It is disappointing.
It's just taking away one piece, I don't see this as a negative thing.
It's not a dead end, I think it's quite the contrary.
Well, now, the good news is Zafir and Farooq have traced one of the e-mails.
It was sent from a server in Noman City Apartments.
There's a team of people who are searching for the computer
that was using the server when the kidnapper e-mail was sent.
What's your name?
Farhad Naseem.
Is this computer yours?
- This computer is mine. - Turn it on, please.
It can't be switched on because the hard disk has crashed.
What happened to the hard disk?
There was a virus on it and it crashed.
I took it to repair two days ago.
- It broke down two days ago? - Yes.
Okay.
Take him in.
How many computers have you connected in that building?
In that building, twenty or more.
- Twenty? - Yes.
Is this your job?
Yes, this is what I do.
We are looking for Daniel Pearl's photograph.
We have new software
that can recover deleted files from your hard drive
just like that.
Whatever you know, just tell us now. You won't have any difficulties.
If the Americans find out, you'll be in big trouble
and we won't be able to help you.
There was no-one else? You did it on your own?
No, sir, my cousin Suleiman was with me.
- Okay, he's your cousin? - Yes.
Where does he live?
- He lives in Karachi. - Is he in Karachi now?
- Yes. - Come on, let's go.
Well done.
In the morning prayer, everybody will come to know.
So we have to find Danny tonight.
Quickly, quickly.
This is the place.
There he is.
That's him.
Yes, he's the one.
Come on, move it.
Get out of the way.
Give me his phone.
Tell him what I told you to say.
It's Suleiman.
Hello?
- He says he's not there. - Do you have his cell number?
- Yes. - Then let's try it.
Be quiet.
Suleiman speaking.
- What do you want? - I need to speak to you.
I need to meet you urgently.
Not now. We'll meet up early tomorrow morning and talk. Okay?
Hello? Hello, Adil?
Sir, he's saying we'll speak tomorrow.
Take down this number.
Open the door.
Sir, this is the phone company.
Yeah, this is Javed Habib, CID Chief.
I need some information about the last phone call made on this phone.
Which cell tower received a signal on the last phone call?
We don't have any time, you bastard.
Let's go. Let's go.
Yeah, Randall, come along.
CID!
Excuse me. Excuse me, sir.
We need to trace a number.
Sorry, sir, the office is closed, we can't give you any information right now.
What do you need to do with this number?
I am CID Chief Javed Habib.
You know what I can do?
Screw your confidentiality, I need that information.
A man has been kidnapped, a foreigner.
If something happens to him, Pakistan will have a bad reputation.
- You okay? - Yeah, man.
We just have to go a little careful with this one.
- Why? - Oh, he's a Jihadi.
He was in Afghanistan.
- He's a police officer as well. - In my unit.
Oh, God. I love this town.
- Who's there? - Don't move.
- Put your hands up. - Take him away.
You'll be sorry.
God is great.
Where is Daniel Pearl?
I don't know.
What do you know?
I don't know anything.
Tell me whatever you know.
I don't know anything.
What do you know?
Just tell me.
What do you know?
What did you do?
I don't know anything.
- What do you know? - Nothing.
Who asked you to e-mail?
Who are you working for?
Who asked you to e-mail?
Sheikh Omar.
- Dost, come in. - I'm here, Captain.
Quickly, come on.
Check all the rooms.
Search everything.
Who are you people?
Is this the way to come into respectable people's homes?
Where's Sheikh Omar?
You must have a contact number.
Nine-zero-seven-zero two-seven-two-six.
Where is Sheikh Omar?
- We don't know anything. - Give me Adil's phone.
Come on.
Give me Adil's phone.
We've got Omar's number.
Hello?
Omar Sheikh?
Yes?
It's Javed Habib speaking, Omar Sheikh.
We have all the information, we know everything about you.
Farhad, Adil, Suleiman, we have all of them.
Check your caller ID.
He's cut the phone.
Come on, bring them out.
Adil told us that he met Omar in Afghanistan.
Suddenly I realized Bashir was Omar Saeed Sheikh.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
The FBI found Danny's photos on this guy Farhad's computer
who is the key to Sheikh Omar.
So we've had this article and we just put it away
and it was about Omar Saeed Sheikh.
I have it here somewhere.
Okay, look, here it is, here it is.
"British born and educated. A known Jihadist.
"Arrested for kidnapping four tourists in India,
"one American, three British.
"The four were freed unharmed. "
- They were freed unharmed? - Yeah.
So this guy is a serious, serious player.
He was arrested in 1994 for this kidnapping
and put in an Indian prison until 1999.
- Why was he released? - There was a hostage swap.
An Indian airplane was hijacked and flown to Afghanistan.
He's Al Qaeda.
He has connections, yes, we know. But...
Close connection, it says, to Al Qaeda.
We arrested his two cousins.
We will fight kidnappers with kidnappings.
Are you okay?
- Mariane, what's wrong? - Yeah, I'm all right. I'm all right.
Fuck.
Are you okay?
Fetal heart sound and the blood pressure is quite normal.
I will give you some medicine. You will feel definitely better. Okay?
Okay. Thank you.
"Making a habit of not urinating when you feel the need
"increases the risk that your inflamed bladder may irritate the uterus
"and set off contractions.
"So don't hold it in. "
- I'll remember that. - That was in caps.
- So don't hold it in. - So don't hold it in.
Do you wanna go share those notes with Mariane?
Do you think I should?
Is there anything on breast-feeding?
There's a lot on breast-feeding but we're not there yet, Steve.
Do you have kids?
No.
Come on, look happy.
Right, you're a happy girl. Happy girl.
There it is. Now I can tell all my friends that you are happy.
You can get old and fat and gray and grumpy.
- And curvy. - But don't lose your smile.
Oh, shit.
It does smell like that picture.
You're so uncultured.
There's a potential new e-mail from CNN.
"We had informed the US if our demands were not met within 24 hours
"we would kill Daniel Pearl.
"Now Mr. Bush can find his body in the graveyards of Karachi.
"We have thrown him there. "
- Do we think it's another hoax? - Get all the phones on silent, shall we?
Let me call Captain.
Why Danny?
The Journal, a few weeks ago,
handed over to the CIA a computer
which had information about Richard Reid
and his attempts to blow up the American Airline flight.
And then you guys told everyone that you did that.
Mariane, look at this.
The Wall Street Journal is telling everybody it's co-operating with the CIA.
We turned the computer over because we had no choice.
- Okay. Okay. - It was a matter of national security.
To an outsider it could look like the CIA are in bed with the Journal.
So, what, you think it's no factor? Just ignore it?
I don't think Danny was taken because he worked for the Wall Street Journal.
We don't know.
They know where he works and they say CIA. It's something.
Let's be honest about it, they call everybody a spy.
If you're an Indian in Pakistan, you must be an Indian spy.
All right, here's what I think.
Two days before Danny was kidnapped
the US asked Pakistan to hand over Omar Saeed Sheikh.
Now, Omar was supposed to have sent money to Mohammed Atta prior to 9/11.
Now, rumors are
that this money came from Lieutenant General Mahmood Ahmed
who was the head of the ISI.
Now, on October 7th, Musharraf dismissed the General.
Now, was that because of his involvement?
- Hello? - Mariane?
- Yes? - We've got Omar Saeed Sheikh.
Is Daniel Pearl still alive?
I haven't a clue.
Do you know where he is?
I wish I could help you.
Who is holding him?
I don't know.
That was the whole point of the operation,
so that each person knows as little as possible.
Why did you kidnap him?
- Why? - Why did you kidnap him?
- He was an American. - He was an American? Just that?
Yeah.
You think you are a good Muslim?
At least I have the strength to stand for something I believe in,
unlike others in this room.
How old is your son?
He's a baby, Captain. Cute little baby.
- You miss him? - Desperately.
You want to see him?
Inshallah, if Allah wills then it will be so.
- What about your baby? - We can arrange for that.
Do you want to see your baby grow old?
Omar Saeed Sheikh handed himself in over a week ago, on February the 5th.
It was the same night that the raid was made on his aunt's house.
Where has he been?
He handed himself in to Brigadier Ejaz Shah.
He is the Home Secretary of Punjab.
This guy is ex-ISI.
He's connected to Omar's family and he kept Omar's arrest a secret for a week.
- Was he being interrogated by the ISI? - We don't know.
Omar is gone for a week? He's gone for a week?
What does he say about Danny?
He doesn't say anything about that. Yet.
- Mariane? - What?
British-born militant Sheikh Omar
arrived at court heavily guarded, his face covered.
Do you know where Daniel Pearl is being held?
No, I don't.
Do you know if Daniel Pearl is alive?
As far as I know
he is not alive.
On February 5th, I spoke to my brothers on the phone
and I told them to take the patient to the doctor's.
This was a code to release the hostage.
But it was too late.
So it's bullshit.
They're just liars, they're just psychos and liars.
I think if he was not alive, with all the pressure that we are putting
I think we would have got his body from somewhere.
And whatever Mr. Omar Sheikh lately has said that maybe he's not alive,
I don't believe him.
He's been switching sides
and switching his statements a number of times,
that is what I am told.
He may be trying to get us off the track.
So I think really, maybe I hope and I pray that he's alive.
Nuri, hello. It's Steve.
Peshawar, Pakistan.
As a Muslim and an ethnic Pashtun,
Fazal-e-Maula has some sympathy for the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan.
But on September 11, as he watched television replays
of airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center in New York,
he knew what to do. Buy Afghanis.
- How's Nuri? - She's good.
What's the due date?
Amazing you can love somebody you've never met.
Hello?
Hello? Yes.
It's Danny's phone.
- They're speaking Urdu. Talk to them. - Hello.
I would let you speak to her, but she doesn't speak Urdu.
Okay?
Whatever you want. Whatever you want.
No, he just hung up on me.
It's fine. They were making contact. That's good, that's fine.
But they don't say what they want. They don't say what they want.
No. They're still toying with us. They know we're getting close.
Do you think they'll call back?
Well, unless we get to them first.
Sorry.
Hello. John Bussey.
Yeah. Yeah. What?
No, don't bring them over there. No, we'll come over there. Yeah.
- Who was it? - Joe.
We gotta go.
Hey, Farhan, let's...
Where did they go?
They just got a phone call and they had to go out.
I'm gonna get my phone.
I can't get through to Bussey.
I tried Bussey and I've tried Steve.
- I can't get through to either. - Try Randall.
Okay, it's ringing. Randall's phone is ringing.
Hi, Randall. It's Asra.
Can you call me as soon as you get this message, please?
His line is not connecting.
Why would they do that?
- Hey, Steve. - Hey, John, how are you?
- So what have you got? - It's a tape.
We got it a half hour ago.
John was contacted by a local journalist.
- Hi. Are you John? - Yeah, I am. How are you doing?
Here is your thing.
It's original.
- Have you seen it? - Yeah.
- Be careful. - Thanks.
Guy in the striped shirt. You see him?
We're gonna need to X-ray this.
Yeah, come on.
Is there a tape in there?
This is it.
Oh, my God.
It's Asra. Hello.
Hello. Randall. It's Asra. Look, where are you?
- Hello. Hang on a second. - What's going on? Randall?
Hello.
I just lost her.
- He hung up. - No, no.
- Where are you going? - I don't know.
- Will you call me a car? - Where are you gonna go?
I don't know. Call me a car.
Mariane.
I'm sorry.
Danny didn't make it.
No!
No! No! No! No!
No! No!
No! No! No!
No! No! No! No!
How do you...
How do you know?
No, because...
Because we've, you know, been through this before.
- They can... - We have a video.
They had a knife and they used it in a way that leaves no doubt.
What does that mean?
Mariane...
He was beheaded.
Oh, God. No, no, no... What? What? No, no.
You watched that?
I never, never want to see it!
Turn off the fucking phone!
I love you.
I'm here, Mariane.
The day my brother arrived was the day of Eid-ul-Adha.
The day when every Muslim family sacrifices an animal to God.
In remembrance of Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
The meat is then divided into three parts,
one for the family, one for the neighbor, and one for the poor.
Mariane, thank you so much for being with us today.
You came to Pakistan in peace.
You came here seeking the truth, with your husband.
Now you leave Pakistan as a widow
after your husband was brutally murdered.
What message do you have for the people of Pakistan?
Danny was killed this month.
But also 10 other people were killed by terrorists
and they were all Pakistani.
So they are suffering as much as we are, right?
Well, how do you address some Pakistanis who have sympathies
for militant groups such as those who killed your husband?
Karachi is in some way the front line of this battle.
It is not just a group of extremist Pakistani.
It is a vast and international network of terrorists.
And wherever there is misery, they find people
and there is misery, you know, in lots of parts of the world.
Certainly that may be the case,
but have you seen the videotape of what they did to your husband?
Have you no decency?
How do you ask me that?
Mariane, I'm...
Thank you for being with us today.
Okay, I think we're done.
- S-a-t-c-h-i. - Satchi.
- That's okay. - And a middle name, please, Satchi.
Okay. Excuse me.
I'm sorry. Back, back.
Is there another way out of here?
Yeah, I know another way. Please follow me.
- Please. Come. This way. - Okay.
Fucking mob.
- This way, please. - Here?
Yeah. Sure. Yeah.
Thank you, Kasim. We appreciate it. Thank you.
It's crazy, they're everywhere.
Pearl is 38 and graduated from Stanford before beginning a career in journalism.
He joined the Wall Street Journal in 1990.
That's great.
One more of these.
I just wanted to say something to everybody.
I want to, I want to thank you
for all of your work and all of your effort
and your kindness
and I know how much you wanted to find and bring Danny home.
You did not fail, you know?
Danny's dead, but the kidnappers,
their point is to terrorize people, right?
I am not terrorized. And you can't be terrorized.
I am very grateful to all of you. Very, very grateful. So thank you.
So please, let's eat.
Everything looks very good. It's great.
This is terrific.
Bye.
Bye. Take care.
Thank you so much. Take care.
- Thanks. - Bye.
All right. I'll see you.
Oh, my daughter.
You are so beautiful.
In Buddhism there is no god.
The aim of Buddhism is to draw out all the strength,
courage, wisdom and goodwill.
You make me happy every time you smile.
We're gonna create a beautiful world together.
The wine represents joy.
The breaking of the glass symbolizes the fragility of human joy.
And also the breaking of innocence.
They found Danny's body cut into 10 pieces.
Nobody told me this.
I learned it in an e-mail
that was attached by accident to another e-mail sent to me.
I decided that, before Adam is born,
I have to confront everything that happened to Danny.
He was held in an isolated shack in a compound on the outskirts of Karachi.
One day, when he was unshackled to go to the toilet, he tried to escape.
They caught him and chained him to the engine of a car.
Another time he tried to break loose when he was walking with his captors.
Once he shouted to a passerby.
Then, one day, probably February 1st,
three men who spoke Arabic were brought to the compound.
Danny argued with one of them. Then they turned on the video.
My name is Daniel Pearl.
My father is Jewish. My mother is Jewish. I'm Jewish.
Maybe they made him say this
but I know he was undefeated because of the next thing that he says.
Something the kidnappers could not have known.
In the town of Benei Beraq in Israel
there's a street called Chaim Pearl Street
which is named after my great-grandfather
who was one of the founders of the town.
I force myself to imagine all of it
and when it is over I know there is nothing that can happen
that I won't have the courage to face.
This film is for Adam.