Book Review: Who killed Daniel Pearl

Bernard-Henri Levy, a French philosopher who is very well known throughout the Europe, made the International Best seller list with Who Killed Daniel Pearl. This book is wonderfully put together and a thrilling read. Levy takes his readers on a ride through the investigation that lasted one year, Levy recalls. His readers will go to Karachi to Kandahar, New Delhi, Washington, London, and back to Karachi, where Pearl was eventually murdered. The book almost read like a mystery and you cant wait to find out waht is going to happen next as Levy conducts his investigation and follows the clues. Obviously, we all know who committed the murder or who we think murdered the reporter, Daniel Pearl, so Levy seeks to discover why and how they Jihadist killed the Jewish-American.

The book is divided up into three parts with each art devoted to a specific and key player within the investigation. First, Danny, Second, Omar Sheikh, the mastermind behind Danny's kidnapping, and the last three parts are devoted to a more analytical or theoretical view to the story. Levy goes into great detail about Pearls' life and then switches to Omar Sheikh, giving background to the both of them. The last three parts are by far the best, in my opinion.

As Levy risks his own life following the footsteps to Daniel Pearls murder, he raises very compelling questions, that might go unanswered because of the death of Mr. Pearl. I the last parts of the book, Levy develops a theory that Daniel was on to something. That "something" is what might have just killed him. Levy believes Daniel Pearl's reporter instincts might have lead him to knowing to much about the Pakistani government agency, the Inter-services Intelligence agency, and their relationship with Islamic terrorist groups. Levy also theorizes the possibility of officials in the Pakistan intelligent agency aid al-Queda in what ever ways possible with keeping it under the rug.

According to Levy, the possibility is very high that nuclear secrets have been exchanged by the two parties, al-Queda and Pakistan. This reveals Pakistan as a threat to the West. Currently Pakistan is supposedly a friend of the United States and supposedly fight against terrorism. Levy's suggests the opposite.

This book is great for anyone who is interested in international affairs, terrorist and their secret motives, or simply a thrilling investigation of current events (not so current now).