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Originally posted by WilliamRikeronaSegway
Originally posted by fill0000
Islam does not condone or support extremism, so why was osama entitled to a traditional Islamic burial?
- is it even a traditional burial these days?
because we always bury our enemies based on their customs and/or beliefs, we're not barbarians. it just so happens this time we were forced to dump the corpse into the sea because the corpse could be exhumed and/or desecrated, or his grave site could be vandalized.
and yes it was a traditional islamic ceremony, afaik.
Originally posted by 27jd
reply to post by theALW
Then why did they feel the need to show pictures and keep the bodies of Zarqawi, Hussein's sons, Hussein, Pablo Escobar, etc.? I'm not saying we should have mounted it, get real. But they should have shown the American people, before they disposed of the body. Why do you believe this story? Do you believe the government always tells the truth?
Originally posted by JKF1897
Video/photos/DNA evidence will come out eventually. Why would we wait 10 years to lie we killed him?
Originally posted by 27jd
reply to post by theALW
Then why did they feel the need to show pictures and keep the bodies of Zarqawi, Hussein's sons, Hussein, Pablo Escobar, etc.? I'm not saying we should have mounted it, get real. But they should have shown the American people, before they disposed of the body. Why do you believe this story? Do you believe the government always tells the truth?
Originally posted by WilliamRikeronaSegway
reply to post by dude77
just because you weren't invited didn't mean "picture day" didn't happen, same with video and DNA testing. what would they do with his body, anyways? showing it to the public would make us look more barbaric than we do already, as it would just look like we were trophying it around. america's still coming off the high of vengeance they got when they heard the news, providing ALL of the evidence would just make us seem even worse, as it'd be just the same as showing the body: people would say it's "a testimony to american power" or some such nonsense. give it another few days.
Originally posted by WilliamRikeronaSegway
and an autopsy would be pointless. i can imagine it now:
"Sir, the autopsy on Mr. bin-Laden is complete, it appears he died from the gunshot would to the head."
"Excellent! I suppose this rules out the 'raccoon laceration exsanguination" theory!"