Who Killed Daniel Pearl Author:Bernard Henri Levy It's one of the most ghastly images of our time: the on-camera murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. But to acclaimed writer Bernard-Henri Lévy the videotape was immediately suspect. Why did it still include a ransom demandfor F-16 fighters to be delivered to Pakistan? Were the kidnappers really just maniacal fu... more »ndamentalists who killed Pearl because he was American and Jewish, as was widely assumed? Operating via a series of rusessuch as using his expired diplomatic passportLévy set off to trace Pearl's final steps . . . and those of his killer. The result is a spell-binding book that combines a novelist's eye with riveting investigative journalism, as Lévy travels the globe for the terrifying true story: to Los Angeles to talk to Pearl's family about his final, encrypted words; to England and Bosnia on the trail of the plot's mastermind; to Dubai, on the terrorist's money trail; to New Delhi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi . . . And, most perilously, to Karachiwhere terrorists cross paths with nuclear scientists and the dreaded "services" . . . where long-time sources are suddenly too petrified to talk . . . where Lévy, Jewish himself, confronts the very dangers faced by Pearland uncovers a series of stunning revelations. Who Killed Daniel Pearl?, the first book to investigate Pearl's killing, is a moving and heartfelt homage to the man Lévy calls his "posthumous friend," and an unprecedented overview of the jihadist movement. It is, as well, a clarion call to come to a fuller understanding of the forces behind Daniel Pearl's murder . . . before it is too late.« less