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Pakistani Executed for Killing Two CIA Officers
Thursday, November 14, 2002
(10:11 PM ET)
The Associated Press

About 80 protesters gathered on a field outside the prison for a candlelight vigil. An imam offered prayers in Arabic and English. The protesters were silent from 9 to 9:07 p.m. Charles R. Burke, one of Kasi's defense attorneys, declined to say what the funeral arrangements were or when the body would be claimed. Kasi's family said he would be buried next to his father in a graveyard of fellow tribesman near his hometown of Quetta.

JARRATT, Va. -- AP
A Pakistani man who killed two CIA employees in a 1993 shooting rampage outside the agency's headquarters was executed Thursday as the State Department warned of global retaliation against Americans.

Aimal Khan Kasi, 38, was convicted of killing two CIA employees in a 1993 shooting rampage.

Aimal Khan Kasi, 38, died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:07 p.m.

"There is no god but Allah," Kasi said, softly chanting in his native tongue until he lost consciousness.

Hours before the execution, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal and Gov. Mark R. Warner denied a request for clemency, saying Kasi has "shown absolutely no remorse for his actions."

Last week, the State Department warned that Kasi's execution could lead to acts of vengeance against Americans everywhere. Two days after his conviction, assailants shot and killed four American oil company workers in Karachi, Pakistan.
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