Daniel Pearl was born of Jewish parents. His grandfather has a street named after him in Israel. He fell in love with a Cuban-American Marianne and got married. One the places they chose for their honeymoon was Mumbai India. Both worked as journalists with the Wall Street Journal. They were among the thousands of reporters who headed to Afghanistan after September 11 2001. After spending considerable time there with Marianne visibly pregnant they went to Pakistan the country that on one hand was allied with the U.S. for its "war against terrorism" and on the other hand was responsible for the creation of Taliban and hosting training camps for Al Qaeda. The two hook up with fellow journalist Asra Nomani of Indian descent. When Daniel goes off to interview Sheikh Gilani and does not return nor answer his cell phone a frantic Marianne asks for assistance which comes initially from Pakistan''s CID Chief Javed Habib then the FBI and American embassy personnel. What results is medi