Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 14, 2002

In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal...

In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal Khan Kasi, was executed by injection for the 1993 slayings of two CIA employees in what he said was a protest of U

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In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal Khan Kasi, was executed by injection for the 1993 slayings of two CIA employees in what he said was a protest of U.S. policies toward Muslims.
Not linked to any extremist organizations, Kasi, 38, a Pakistani national, fled to Pakistan and Afghanistan after the killings and eluded the FBI and intelligence officials for 4 1/2 years, was pronounced dead at 9:07 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center.
He was sentenced to death for the murders of Frank Darling, 28, and Lansing Bennett, 66. They were killed with an AK-47 assault rifle at a stoplight outside CIA headquarters in McLean on Jan. 25, 1993.
On June 15, 1997, Kasi was captured near the Afghanistan border, and he was later returned to the United States to face trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
Kasi was convicted in 1997 and sentenced to death. The U.S. State Department issued an advisory for Americans abroad last week because of the pending execution. Threats had been made in recent days in Pakistan to harm Americans should Kasi be executed. 4 Americans were killed in Pakistan during his 1997 trial.
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  • (Sources: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 14/11/2002)