DANIEL PEARL'S WIDOW DENIED 9/11 COMPENSATION

The fund was set up for the relatives of 9/11, period. As empathic as we may be with Pearl's widow, her husband simply did not meet with the criterion. Period.

Life IS unfair. As soon as a person can get incorporate that concept into his thinking, and learn to live with it, the happier that he will be.

IMO, it's fair that she not be paid from the 9/11 victims fund - he wasn't killed on 9/11 in any of the places the Congress listed in the authorization.

Pearl's family, like the families of victims in the Kenya Embassy bombings, OK City, 1st WTC bombing, etc.. aren't eligible for any existing victims funds. Something (funded by assets seized from terrorist groups) should be established to cover those people and any that may come up in the future.

Daniel Pearl is no different from the journalists, civilian contractors or soldiers that have been killed and continue to be killed in Iraq.

It's bizarre that we have a government 9/11 fund to begin with. No other victims of terrorists or wars has been compensated by the government to this extreme. Charities and insurance policies have covered them.

camille:

When Bush addressed a joint session of Congress stating: "On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country," the insurance industry was off the proverbial hook regarding paying death claims.

99.9% of insurance polices include a proviso limiting liability if death is the result of war.

Mrs Pearl has written a great biographical book about the circumstances surrounding this murder, and it has been read in episodes on BBC Radio this week. The bit I heard sounded very good (for such a harrowing subject)

No I don't think she should be paid out of 9-11 funds. Chutzpah. (Not while soldiers' widows are having their benefits cut)

Buy her book though, and give her a hand.