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Daniel Pearl’s widow sues al-Qaeda

By Victoria Kim in New York

Published: July 19 2007 02:01 | Last updated: July 19 2007 02:01

The widow of US journalist Daniel Pearl is suing Pakistan’s biggest bank and terrorist organisations, including al-Qaeda, for the 2002 kidnapping, torture and murder of her husband.

Mariane Pearl alleges that Habib Bank funnelled donations to al-Qaeda and several associated groups and that it provided services to charities with the knowledge that they were “terrorist” groups.

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