U.S. may release photos of bin Laden burial at sea

[sasha031]

The United States may release later on Tuesday photos of Osama bin Laden's burial at sea but no final decision has been made, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Obama administration has been weighing whether to make public photos of bin Laden's corpse as proof that he had been killed during a raid by U.S. forces on his mansion hide-out in Pakistan.

The al Qaeda leader's body was flown out of the country, brought to a U.S. aircraft carrier, given Islamic funeral rites and slipped into the north Arabian Sea in a weighted body bag on Monday.

There is also video of the burial ceremony, a second U.S. official said.

The first U.S. official did not offer details about the decision-making process ahead of the possible release of photos on Tuesday.

But President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser acknowledged earlier on Tuesday that the Obama administration was weighing the pros and cons of releasing photographic evidence.

"There is not a question at this point I think in anybody's mind that bin Laden is dead, and so I know there are some people who are interested in having that visual proof. This is something we are taking into account," John Brennan told National Public Radio.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/us-binladen-burial-photos-idUSTRE7423LE20110503

this is so much classier, it may comfort and put closure for those that lost loved ones.

[qanda]

1. I don't think it matters if they release proof or not

Those who are skeptical will always remain so. Kind of like doubting Thomas, they will need to feel the hole in his head to believe.

[sasha031]

2. I wish they would just leave it alone also, there was news this morning WH

was to release death photo, I find this appalling. the latest news is at least a little better.

I have never understood man need to see war and gore.

[SpartanDem]

3. It's history and sometimes it not pretty

should gruesome photos from WWII or let's say JFK's autopsy photos not be have been released because there disturbing? No, they're hisotrical records and sometimes history is disturbing.