Posted on 05/03/2011 4:28:49 PM PDT by neverdem
"Ten minute!"
I seem to recall that Muslim religious rules require that a body must be buried in 24 hours. This may also be Jewish law. Like a number of religious laws that make sense in a hot desert environment, it no longer is necessary with refrigeration. I hope they took dental impressions and X-rays too.
Your reply is the most reasoned to this point.
He did what he does best... he voted "present".
Yeah, I heard about Muslim law requiring burial within 24 hours, but if there’s an exception in cases in which an autopsy is required to determine cause of death (as I believe is the case), then we should be able to wait a couple of days to determine the identity of the dead person—after all, if he’s not really Osama, perhaps he isn’t a Muslim and thus should not get a Muslim funeral.
Funny how the Christian rule is the complete opposite—you *shouldn’t* bury too quickly after the person is declared dead in order to reduce the possibility of burying someone alive (hence the Irish wake).
DNA testing is only good enough if they have an actual OBL DNA sample to match to the dead guy.
Just matching it to sibling DNA will confirm only that - the dead guy was a sibling.
Now how many siblings did OBL have?
Osama bin Laden's identity was confirmed through a variety of techniques, including visual identification by Navy SEALs and by his youngest wife at the compound where he was killed in Pakistan, as well as photo analysis and genetic testingHis wife should know, she's known him most of her 13 years.
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