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Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh ((ウルドゥー語:احمد عمر سعید شیخ)) (sometimes known as ''Umar Sheikh'', ''Sheikh Omar'',〔Note that this term is more commonly used in reference to Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman〕 ''Sheik Syed'',〔Syed being an incorrect transliteration of سعید〕 or by the alias "Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad"〔''CNN.com'' October 6, 2001. 〕) (born December 23, 1973) is a British terrorist of Pakistani descent with links to various Islamist militant organisations, including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and the Taliban. He was arrested and served time in prison for the 1994 kidnappings of Western tourists in India, an act which he acknowledges. He was released from captivity in 1999 and provided safe passage into Afghanistan with the support of .Taliban in exchange for passengers aboard hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814. He is most well known for his role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter Daniel Pearl. Saeed was arrested by Pakistani police on February 12, 2002, in Lahore, in connection with the Pearl kidnapping,〔''CNN Transcript'' February 12, 2002.〕 and was sentenced to death on July 15, 2002〔Ansari, Massoud. ''Newsline'' April 2005.〕 for killing Pearl. His judicial appeal has not yet been heard. The delay has been ascribed to his purported links with MI6. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in his book ''In the Line of Fire'', stated that Saeed was originally recruited by British intelligence agency, MI6, while studying at the London School of Economics. He alleges Saeed was sent to the Balkans by MI6 to engage in jihadi operations. Musharraf later says, "At some point, he probably became a rogue or double agent". His complicity in the murder and the reasons behind it are in dispute. At his initial court appearance, he stated, "I don't want to defend this case. I did this... Right or wrong, I had my reasons. I think that our country shouldn't be catering to America's needs",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kidnap journalist is dead, claims militant )〕 but he subsequently appealed his conviction and is awaiting further progress while in prison. Saeed's lawyer has stated he will base his client's appeal on the admission of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, made public in 2007, that he is the killer of Daniel Pearl.〔〔〔〔〔 He is currently being held in Hyderabad Central Jail in Pakistan. In February 2014, The Times of India reported that Saeed had attempted suicide but had been discovered in time by prison guards and was in a stable condition. The newspaper quoted a senior prison official as saying: "He is kept in a separate cell and section of the jail as he is no ordinary criminal. () We have filed a case against him for attempted suicide and he can face additional punishment now". A second prison official said: "He is a very intelligent, strong and sharp criminal with dangerous designs. So his attempt to commit suicide comes as a surprise". ==Early life== In his youth he attended Forest School, Walthamstow, an independent school in North-East London, whose alumni include English cricket captain Nasser Hussain and Peter Greenaway and singer Suzana Ansar, the filmmaker. Between the ages of 14 and 16 he attended Aitchison College, the most exclusive boys boarding school in Pakistan, where his family had temporarily relocated. He later returned to the United Kingdom to continue at Forest School.〔McGinty, Stephen. ''The Scotsman'', July 16, 2002. 〕 He told school friends that he had been in Pakistan learning about jihad, but was not believed. He was a fine chess-player and won a junior London championship. Later, he attended the London School of Economics,〔Hendrik Hertzberg, "(Kidnapped )." ''The New Yorker''. 18 February 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2011.〕 to study statistics, but dropped out during his first year. UK newspaper ''The Guardian'' reported that a fellow student of Sheikh’s at both the Forest School and the LSE, Syed Ali Hasan, had described him in 2002 as "bright but rather dysfunctional" and said that he had been suspended from school on several occasions because of his violence. ''The Guardian'' reported that Sheikh came into contact with radical Islamists at the LSE, quoting Hasan as saying "() told us he was going to Bosnia driving aid convoys, and he never came back to university". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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