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This Is Danny Pearl’s Final Story

The author spent a decade chasing her friend’s killer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Then she went to see him at Guantánamo Bay.

Written by Asra Q. Nomani | Published on January 23, 2014

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Illustration by Piotr Lesniak.

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