What will happen to OBL's body?????

[99th_Monkey]

Saudi Arabia? Nah .. he'd be made into a martyr there.

we'll need to consult with Islamic officials to determine how his remains will be disposed of.

You'll only hear it on Al Jazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[lutherj]

1. They'll make it disappear, so his grave can't become a shrine for his followers.

[99th_Monkey]

6. One of the conjectures was

that the body would be cremated and sprinkled out over the ocean, but still,

this question is still hanging in the air internationally,

and however the US Gov.t responds, it will be a BIG FUCKING DEAL.

in the Islamic World at least.

[lutherj]

16. I could believe this. It's an age-old practice. Don't let the followers

have a shrine on which to focus their beliefs. Sulla did this with the body of Marius in Rome. And there are rumors that there were remains of Hitler that were incinerated and scattered.

[99th_Monkey]

24. RE: Hitler's remains ... cremated in 1970

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1008096&mesg_id=1008267

[TransitJohn]

2. I'm sure it will be repatriated to his family.

That's what civilized people do.

[99th_Monkey]

7. Al Jazeera source dissed this probability, saying ..

that the Saudi Family "had disowned OBL years ago", so what
are the other possibilities?

[TransitJohn]

13. If that's the truth, and they won't take the remains of their family member

then we're kinda fucked. Burial at sea?

[99th_Monkey]

19. Actually that's what I heard as the most likely possibility

Sorry I can't remember the source, as I trying to track 5-6 at the same time,

Including Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ (my fav),

but just to say, "ashes at sea" is a distinct possibility under serious
consideration.

[Lasher]

3. It will be buried in Washington DC as part of the new National Urinal exibit.

:fistbump:

[Amonester]

Mansion burned down.

Might as well be a pile of ash.... (with *some* cells, hair, nail for DNA testing).

[99th_Monkey]

10. Actually "ash" was mentioned

in one of the many diverse, cross-cultural interviews you
can only see here: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[backscatter712]

4. The official line is that it will be treated in accordance with Islamic Law...

But I'm for giving him a grave with a urinal in place of the tombstone.

[Lionel Mandrake]

14. Okay; what does Islamic law say about dead bodies?

Let's give the corpse to the bin Ladin family, if they want it. Let's try not to piss off Muslims in general. We want them to know that we are not crusaders.

[hlthe2b]

18. Buried normally within 24-48 hours. Cremation is not accepted. n/t

[Kalun D]

5. It's WELL Rotten by Now

since he's been dead since 2002

[FrenchieCat]

9. They have the body, dumbass.

For folks just like you!

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[EFerrari]

35. Apparently, no they don't have the body.

They threw it into the ocean.

LOL

[Codeine]

21. You lot are our version of birthers.

Put a fucking sock in it.

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[Kalun D]

34. So

you accept what the warmonger corporations say without hard evidence?

you are just going to take them at their word?

predator drones, they don't even count the bodies anymore, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Libya

THEY DON'T EVEN COUNT THE BODIES ANYMORE.

[somone]

8. Throw it in the ocean

or cremate and dump like they did in Nuremberg.

[99th_Monkey]

12. I heard that this is exactly the plan

heard it here: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

history is unfolding as we speak/type this, and Al Jazeera
is at the center of the informational matrix in this moment.

[Warren DeMontague]

23. I know just the place.

On second thought, it's polluted enough already.

[davepc]

11. ABC News says burial at sea.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-body-headed-for-burial-at-sea-officials-say.html

ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports: Now that bin Laden has been killed and his body has been positively identified, what is to be done with his remains?

U.S. officials tell me the last thing they want is for his burial place to become a terrorist shrine.

To avoid that, an informed source tells me, the intention is the bury his body at sea -- leaving no definitive location for the final resting place of his body.

A senior administration official tells my colleague Jake Tapper this about the body: "We are ensuring it is handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition. It's something we take seriously and therefore it's being handled in an appropriate manner.‬"

[99th_Monkey]

15. Yes. I heard that too.

on Al Jazeera no less: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
(lots of fascinating international "responses" to OBL's death)

yet I also heard that the US Govt was making a point of his remains being dealt with
in accordance with Islamic customs.

So my sense is that no one knows for sure, except Obama and a few advisor's.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

17. that's what AP is saying

similar to how the cremated remains of Hitler and Goebbels were thrown in a river by the Soviets to prevent a pilgrimage site from materializing.

[davepc]

20. Hell of a story behind that too. The Soviets didn't finish the job until 1970.

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-12-11/world/russia.hitler.remains_1_soviet-army-soviet-military-facility-soviet-communist-party-leadership?_s=PM:WORLD

[99th_Monkey]

22. Wow. Amazing link re: Hitler

1970 huh? Damn .. I certainly hope they had his body at least refrigerated or better yet frozen.

[davepc]

33. He was buried before that. When they dug him back up there wasent much left

The Kremlin still has parts of his skull.

[99th_Monkey]

37. An apt a depository for AH's remains as any I suppose. nt

[JVS]

25. It will end up in the custody of his rich and well-connected family.

[99th_Monkey]

26. Word has it that the Saudi Family

has dis-owned OBL for years .. .and they don't even want his body,
because it would likely become a "martyr's grave" which they don't
want.

[Jack Rabbit]

27. Presumably, Osama will be buried in (I believe) two days

That is in accordance with Islamic rites.

Otherwise, Osama will go meet his maker. If any one hears loud rumblings of thunder this week, you'll know that that is Allah telling him off.

[moondust]

28. CNN reporting already disposed of at sea.

[99th_Monkey]

31. What about the "2 day" Islamic Bardo?

I heard on Al Jazeera that one of the Islamic customs is to wait 2 days to bury their dead. :shrug:

[Kalun D]

36. LOLZ!!!!!

C IA
N ews
N etwork

[Vinee]

32. it will probably be eaten by sharks and shit out at a later point.

[99th_Monkey]

38. Ahh ... but we may also need to use BP dispersants to disolve it totally ,, nt