Posted on 05/02/2011 8:38:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Sen. Graham questions bin Laden's burial By Jordan Fabian - 05/02/11 11:09 AM ET
A leading Republican senator on Monday question the U.S. government's decision to dispose of Osama bin Laden's body within 24 hours.
Bin Laden, the former al Qaeda leader killed by U.S. forces on Sunday, was buried within 24 hours of his death in accordance with Islamic law. Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, is skeptical of the decision.
"To me, that didn't make a lot of sense," Graham said during an interview with conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham.
U.S. forces were able to capture bin Laden's body after killing him at a compound outside Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, but he was buried at sea soon afterward, reportedly to not leave a shrine to him.
The Obama administration is debating whether or not to release photos of bin Laden's body after some have expressed concern that the U.S. needs to do so to prove his death.
But others in the administration have been hesitant due to the graphic nature of the photo.
Michael Scheurer, a former CIA official, said Monday morning that the U.S. will likely release the photos to erase any doubt that he is dead.
Graham is questioning the decision to dump his body in the sea. Not bringing it up as a conspiracy.
Give it a rest.
This is FreeRepublic not PrisonPlanet.
Where are these being released? Thanks
He ‘s dead. I trust our seals. It is Obama honoring his burial that is odd. You don’t kill someone and then honor and respect them it is weird. The only thing that makes sense is I am sure the Seals didn’t mind making him shark bait dead or alive.
Actually I didnt know sleeping with the fishes was part of Islamic Law for burials
More likely at least one of the hero SEALS was Italian...
WHAT is with all this ‘conspiracy’ labels being slapped on EVERY single time an act of this administration is QUESTIONED??
Not JUST questioned, but for GOOD reason.
Burial at SEA?? What? Was Bin Laden an ex-Navy Seal?? They caught the guy on land.
Yet, it’s GOTTA be a conspiracy to question this?? hmmm...
There are other possibilities, but I see no reason to speculate at this point.
When was the last time he released a video? Ask yourself that question. Try 6 years ago or even more.
The only thing that makes me think it might be real is because the intel came from Gitmo.
They should have done what Israel did with Eichmann’s remains, cremate him then spread his ashes over the sea in an undisclosed location so nobody would know where they are.
I don’t trust the WH, but I do trust the Seals. I am certain that they would not participate in a faking of his death. They don’t talk in public, but they do talk among themselves and they are a very dedicated portion of our military. If Obama and Clinton were lying..we would hear about it.
The videos of the raid will be a feature of all special-ops training for the forseeable future.
Thank you, sarah’slove. I agree.
Seems to be a quick disposal. However, I just hope they were able to do an autopsy.
With all the reports over the years about specific health problems of UBL, we would be able to determine which of the intelligence sources were credible and/or those that weren’t. It would be possible to see what Rx’s were in his system and we might be able to trace hard to get/rare drugs and surgical procedures.
Would definitely help with our intelligence sourcing and maybe find a network of abetting.
Be that as it may, why the rush?
If reports are true, rushing to bury the body of Osama at sea within 24 hours "to comply with Islamic tradition" before undeniable evidence of his dead body has been shown to the entire World is a bone-headed move.
We have just witnessed the birth of the D. B. Cooper of the Islamist terrorist movement.
Are you talking about the fake photo from last year that dozens of bloggers dragged out this morning?
I 100% agree that they killed a man. Question is, was it Bin Laden?
Keeping the body and posting the oictures would seal the deal for everyone.
So why not do it?
If this is a made-up story, why didn’t they wait until October 30, 2012?
So let’s get this straight. They performed the operation that killed him, got his DNA, got his body to on of the close sea(s) in the area, got DNA confirmation, gave him proper muslim burial. All in less than 24hrs? Amazing!
Hearing now that the Pak military knew in advance. Cordoned off nearby roads. Their radar was operational.
The story line is changing almost as quickly as O’s promises.
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