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	Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sheikh Omar, Sheik Syed)) is a British terrorist of Pakistani descent with links to various Islamic-based terrorist organisations, including Al-Qaeda and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
		Sheikh rose to prominence with the 2002 killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who at the time was in Pakistan investigating connnections between the ISI and Islamic militant groups.
		In Pakistan, Sheikh was sentenced to death for killing Pearl, however his complicity in the execution and the reasons behind it are in dispute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_Sheikh (690 words)

	Omar Takes Responsibility for Strikes Inside India
		Omar, who languished in Indian prisons for about five years after being arrested on kidnapping charges in New Delhi in 1995, is now spending time in Pakistani lockups lecturing his police investigators about the physical torture that is being given to the arrested Kashmiri militants by the Indian police in interrogation centres all across India.
		Sheikh Omar said the militant who gave his life while exploding a bomb-laden car just outside the state parliament building in Srinagar on October 2 was "more than a brother to me".
		Omar Sheikh has told his Pakistani and American investigators that he believed that Daniel Pearl was gunned down by his captors while escaping from a Karachi safe house, only a few days after the kidnapping.
	billstclair.com /911timeline/2002/news021802.html (1152 words)

	Pakistan: Gateway to Terror
		Born in Britain on December 23, 1973, Omar Sayeed Sheikh was educated in the Forest School in Snarebrook, England and later attended the London School of Economics.
		Sheikh kidnapped six Western tourists in Kashmir (2 American, 2 British, 1 German, 1 Norwegian) and under the name of the terrorist group Al Faran demanded the release of 22 terrorists jailed in India.
		Sometime in 2001, Sheikh is suspected by the CIA of transferring $100,000 to the September 11th hijackers.
	members.fortunecity.com /terrorgate/profile-sheikh.htm (389 words)

	rediff.com: Omar Sheikh: A deadly whirlpool of terror
		Sheikh Ahmed Omar Sheikh, now the prime suspect in the abduction of The Wall Street Journal scribe Daniel Pearl, is a familiar face to the Indian security and intelligence agencies.
		Sheikh was released from Indian custody in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane, IC 814.
		Omar Sheikh is the eldest of the three children, and was born on December 23, 1973 in London.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/feb/06josy.htm (946 words)

	Guardian \| Omar Sheikh
		The British-born militant Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was today sentenced to death for masterminding the murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, came from a background many times removed from the darkened rooms where he kept his kidnap victims.
		The son of a Pakistani wholesale clothes merchant from Wanstead, east London, Sheikh was a public schoolboy, a student at the London School of Economics and a member of a UK arm wrestling team before he moved to south Asia and began hostage-taking in support of radical Islamists in Kashmir and Afghanistan.
		Prosecutors said Sheikh lured the reporter into a trap by promising to arrange an interview with an Islamic cleric who police believe was not involved in the conspiracy.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4461871-103595,00.html (697 words)

	The Hindu : America will suffer if I am extradited: Omar Sheikh
		Omar Sheikh, main suspect in the Daniel Pearl abduction case, today told the judge of an anti-terrorism court in Karachi that he would ``harm the interests of the United States'' if he were to be extradited there.
		Omar Sheikh, along with the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad leader, Maulana Masood Azhar, is among the three militants freed by India in December 1999 in exchange for the freedom of the passengers on board the Indian Airlines plane hijacked from Kathmandu.
		Omar Sheikh's threat is to be seen in the backdrop of a formal U.S. request for his extradition.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2002/03/13/stories/2002031306010100.htm (448 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Profile: Omar Saeed Sheikh
		Omar Sheikh, 27, was born in London, attended the London School of Economics and was a close associate of Maulana Azhar Masood - founder of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) group, which India blames for an attack on its parliament in December 2001.
		Omar Sheikh was reportedly a contemporary of England cricket captain Nasser Hussain at the private Forest School, in Snaresbrook.
		People who knew Omar Sheikh when he lived in Britain were shocked when allegations that he was involved in the journalist's abduction were first made.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1804710.stm (541 words)

	Sheikh Omar sentenced to death for Pearl murder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lawyers said Sheikh Omar, as he is better known, and three accomplices, who were also found guilty of the killing and were jailed for life, showed no emotion as each verdict and sentence was read.
		Omar and his accomplices -- Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil -- were made to stand, one by one, as Judge Ashraf Ali Shah read each verdict and sentence.
		Omar has had links to Muslim fundamentalist groups since dropping out of the London School of Economics in 1993 after a privileged upbringing that included being educated at a private school where he was described as a model pupil.
	www.namibian.com.na /2002/july/world/02711E9864.html (611 words)

	GN Online: Sheikh Omar says Pearl is already dead
		Sheikh Omar, who had earlier told interrogators that the journalist was safe, did not tell the court when and where Pearl had allegedly been killed.
		Omar, clean shaven and wearing traditional shalwar and kameez, was produced before Judge Arshad Noor, who as member of the Sindh High Court, has been asked to act as administrative judge of anti-terrorist courts.
		Omar, who was yesterday remanded to police custody until February 25, also sprang another surprise by informing the judge that he had surrendered on February 5.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=41230 (1065 words)

	The Journalist and The Terrorist - Daniel Pearl and Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
		Sheikh's father, Saeed Ahmed Sheikh, was a successful businessman who generated enough income to send Sheikh to the $12,000-a-year Forest School, where one of his classmates was Nasser Hussain currently captain of the British cricket team.
		At other moments, Sheikh joked about their prospective beheadings and rattled on about Jews' running the British Cabinet and the truths to be had from reading Mein Kampf: He also rhapsodized about the pleasures of martyrdom, saying that holy warriors ejaculated at the moment of death knowing that they had entered heaven.
		Sheikh said that the reason was to strike a blow at Musharraf, while Musharraf himself said it was because Danny was "overly inquisitive." And more than a few knowledgeable Pakistanis think the ISI was involved.
	newsstuff.0catch.com /article9.htm (8867 words)

	Omar Bakri Muhammad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omar Bakri Muhammmad (born 1958 in Syria) is a Muslim cleric.
		He joined the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood as a young man and participated in their revolt against the Syrian Ba'ath Party and the government of Hafez al-Assad.
		Speaking 15 days after bombers killed over 50 people in London and a day after a series of failed attacks on the city's transport network, Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed said the British capital should expect more violence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omar_Bakri_Muhammad (593 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Talking Point \| Omar Sheikh: Did he get a fair trial?
		Sheikh is known for hijacking the Indian Airlines plane in Kandahar and was released from an Indian prison in exchange for the release of passengers.
		Sheikh is a known terrorist who was released from an Indian prison in exchange for the release of passengers on a hijacked Indian Airlines plane.
		Considering that Omar should still be in prison for his proven part in a previous kidnapping and that the US has overwhelming evidence against this man in other cases, he should be in prison regardless of this verdict.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/2129025.stm (2886 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Face to face with Sheikh Omar
		British-born Sheikh Omar Saeed, the leading suspect in the kidnapping of American journalist Daniel Pearl, had several brushes with the news media in 1994.
		A senior police officer died in the gunfight and some of the militants, including Sheikh Omar, were wounded.
		Sheikh Omar looked extremely worried and he told me he would give anything to return to life in Britain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1806001.stm (590 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The police formally charged Sheikh Omar and other accused on Friday in the case of kidnapping and killing of Daniel Pearl, a reporter of Wall Street Journal.
		The advocate of Sheikh Omar also challenged the decision of the court proceedings in a court, especially to be established in the jail.
		Omar's advocate said that Sheikh Omar told the court that he did not trust the court to be established inside the prison.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/30/03.html (269 words)

	Defenceindia.com : 25-feb-2k2 : News : Omar Sheikh to be produced in Karachi court under heavy security
		Hundreds of police were deployed on Monday around a court here for an appearance of British-born Islamic militant Sheikh Omar, the confessed mastermind of US reporter Daniel Pearl's abduction.
		Sheikh Omar, appearing in court February 14, acknowledged being the mastermind of Pearl's abduction and said the reporter was dead.
		Sheikh Omar, whose full name is Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, was detained February 12 in the eastern city of Lahore.
	www.defenceindia.com /25-feb-2k2/news1.html (228 words)

	Pakistan Facts - Pakistan rejects custody plea
		Islamabad was of the view that Sheikh Omar had already been tried and convicted for the crime which was committed on the Pakistani soil.
		Both Sheikh Omar and his accomplice, Abdul Rahim, were arrested after a brief shootout, in which an Uttar Pradesh Police commando was killed.
		The FBI investigators believe that Sheikh Omar had met Atta during one of his visits to Kandahar and knew of the plans for September 11 strikes.
	www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20021222000227653 (1196 words)

	Quiet Omar Sheikh prepares to expose Pak ISI - www.ezboard.com
		Omar and ten other accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case face charges of kidnapping-for-ransom, conspiracy to murder, murder and terrorism.
		Omar remained quiet throughout the court proceedings, unusual for someone who in the past has spoken on every hearing, making dramatic statements and causing a stir in the courtroom.
		NEW DELHI: Omar Saeed Sheikh, a key accused in the kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl, is reported to be preparing a statement which was likely to expose the Pakistan intelligence agencies, media reports said.
	p081.ezboard.com /fhinduunityfrm7.showMessage?topicID=552.topic (1106 words)

	The Daniel Pearl's Case: Questions & Answers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Maulana Masood Azhar and Omar Sheikh had to be released by the Government of India in December,1999, to terminate the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to Kandahar by the HUM.
		Omar Sheikh got married in Lahore and had been living with his wife in Lahore since then.
		The court denied him permission to testify in detail on how Musharraf frustrated every effort of his to co-operate with the US on the bin Laden issue and his lawyer, who was preparing a written statement on the subject, was gunned down by unidentified elements in Karachi and all his papers were stolen or destroyed.
	www.saag.org /papers5/paper415.html (1902 words)

	Lashkar-e-Omar,Terrorist Group of Pakistan
		Other reports have indicated that the name is allegedly a direct homage to Syed Ahmed Omar Sheikh, a front-ranking JeM terrorist who was, on July 15, 2002, sentenced to life by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Hyderabad, Sindh, for his role in the abduction-cum-murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
		Omar Sheikh, currently in prison, and Amjad Hussain Faruqui of the HuJI, a fugitive accused in the Daniel Pearl case, are both closely linked to the LeO.
		Omar Sheikh was reportedly one of the instructors at one such camp.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/pakistan/terroristoutfits/LeO.htm (896 words)

	Omar Sheikh to appeal against conviction - NDTV.com - News on Omar Sheikh to appeal against conviction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Three other terrorists who were served life sentences along with Omar Sheikh have filed appeals against their sentences today in the Sindh High Court.
		Omar Sheikh was found guilty of plotting to murder Daniel Pearl along with his co-accused two days ago.
		Referring to the convicts - Salman Saqib, Fahad Nasim and Sheikh Adil - as 'Mujahideens', the sender of the letter identifying himself as 'Changez Khan - the commander' added that the jail officials would be hanged at the same gallows and at the same ward if Omar Sheikh was hanged, the Dawn newspaper reported today.
	www.ndtv.com /template/template.asp?fromtimeline=true&id=27171&callid=1&template=Danielpearl (284 words)

	United Press International: Interview: Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sheikh Omar said the conference aimed at "outraging America and Britain because we refused the policy of hegemony which they are conducting against Muslims."
		Sheikh Omar denied that his movement was recruiting young Muslim volunteers in Britain and sending them for jihad" (holy war) abroad and said "any struggle against an enemy who occupies the countries of Muslims is a legitimate jihad."
		Sheikh Omar spoke to UPI correspondent in London Bassam Alloni:
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20030912-124829-8123r (1635 words)

	The Hindu : Pearl killing was part of a wider plot: Omar Sheikh
		They said Sheikh had told his American and Pakistani interrogators that his only regret was that he had not been able to carry out that attack.
		Sheikh left Karachi on Jan. 28, which could put the date of killing at between Jan. 29 and Jan. 31, the officials said.
		Between February 1 and February 12, when he surrendered to the authorities in Lahore, Sheikh pretended to negotiate with Intelligence officials who were acting as intermediaries, a tactic that Pakistani officials now interpret as a ruse aimed at allowing his accomplices to wipe out their tracks.
	www.hindu.com /2002/02/24/stories/2002022403300800.htm (1140 words)

	The Hindu : Omar Sheikh arrested, says Pearl is alive
		Sheikh was jailed in India in 1994 on charges of kidnapping four tourists - three Britons and an American.
		India today described the arrest of Omar Sheikh, leader of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad, in Lahore, as a confirmation of the fact that Pakistan was a safe haven for terrorists.
		The 31-year-old Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, is one of the three militants swapped for the passengers of the IC-814 airline hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2002/02/13/stories/2002021303000100.htm (729 words)

	The Public Affairs Magazine- Newsinsight.net
		Omar wire-transferred $100,000 to the 11-September Kamikaze bomber Mohammad Atta (Intelligence, "Indian terrorist financed Mohammad Atta," 4 January 2002).
		After all, Omar Sheikh's biggest mentor is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mohammad Aziz.
		But Omar Sheikh as good as committed harakiri when he ordered the beheading of an American, a Jew, and a reporter of one of the world's most powerful media institutions.
	www.indiareacts.com /archivedebates/nat2.asp?recno=425&ctg=defence (930 words)

	Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Known as "Sheikh Omar", Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is a British-educated Pakistani citizen with links to various Islamic-based terrorist organisations, including Al-Qaeda and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
		Sheikh rose to prominence with the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
		In Pakistan, he was sentenced to death for killing Pearl.
	wikipedia.lotsofinformation.com /wiki/index.php/Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_Sheikh (73 words)

	Omar Sheikh did not say Pearl is dead: Pak judge- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		islamabad: in a new twist to wall street journal reporter daniel pearl's kidnapping, the presiding judge of the anti-terrorism court in karachi has denied reports that main suspect in the case, sheikh omar saeed, had said the american reporter was dead.
		another newspaper, dawn reported that sheikh had said he presumed pearl was dead but the suspect's reported remark did not figure in the verbatim conversations between him and the judge.
		speaking in fluent english, sheikh told the court in a low voice that he did not want to defend the case against him.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1052453,prtpage-1.cms (394 words)

	Asia Times -
		The case relating to the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl, the US journalist, in the beginning of last year continues to be in a limbo, with no action by the government of Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf to have the hearing on the appeal filed by the accused expedited.
		In the meanwhile, one of the dramatis personae - a former officer of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), who used to be the handling officer of Omar Sheikh, the principal accused, and one of the handling officers of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar - the Taliban leader - could be rewarded with an ambassadorial appointment.
		While Omar Sheikh was sentenced to death, the other three were sentenced to life imprisonment.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EJ01Df07.html (785 words)

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