U.S. ensures that bin Laden's body handled in accord with Islamic tradition

Here's a telling nugget from an AP story on the death of Osama (thanks to Bryan Preston):

Officials said the U.S. would ensure that bin Laden's body was handled in accordance with Islamic tradition.

But why? After all, didn't Barack Obama say this tonight?

"We must also reaffirm that the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims."

So why is the body of a mass murderer of Muslims being handled in accordance with Islamic tradition? Aren't U.S. officials thereby tacitly acknowledging that bin Laden was a Muslim leader, notwithstanding Barack Obama's protestations to the contrary?

And if Osama was indeed a Muslim leader, what are the implications of that for U.S. policy?

There's a question no one in official Washington will dare to answer.

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He was a Muslim, was he not, so what is wrong following Islamic tradition as a result?

No offense, but that is not a tacit admission of anything. Let's enjoy this moment where a mass murderer met his calling, and then prepare for the future prospects in the greater conflict.

I see - now we're going to honor bin Laden? What! How about honoring this barbarian with some good ole fashion American tradition instead. They oughta soak bin Laden in bacon fat - cremate him, and then sprinkle his ashes over Iran's nuclear facilities on the tip of a bomb ...

we'll even wave our American flags in honor of the occasion.

RE: He was a Muslim, was he not, so what is wrong following Islamic tradition as a result?
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Did Al-Qaeda handle Daniel Pearl's dead body in accordance with the Jewish tradition? Do the Afghani Taliban fighters handle the bodies of dead Christian soldiers according to the Christian tradition? Where the f**k is good old reciprocity?

Why are some of us bent upon honoring the sentiments of a ruthless religion that has brazenly declared a war against America?

It seems like the Pakistanis were holding on to Osama until we brought enough pressure on them. That bastard Osama was living high and mighty while being on the run from the US military? Screw the Pakistanis and they're apathy for the militant islamic cause. Today is a great day, but how are we so blind?

RE: "They oughta soak bin Laden in bacon fat..."
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Just one modification: Piss on him first, then soak him in bacon fat.

It seems like the Pakistanis were holding on to Osama until we brought enough pressure on them. That bastard Osama was living high and mighty while being on the run from the US military? Screw the Pakistanis and they're apathy for the militant islamic cause. Today is a great day, but how are we so blind?

Looks like Osama is poacher turned gamekeeper on this one. If so, long live the United Apostates of America!

Did Al-Qaeda handle Daniel Pearl's dead body in accordance with the Jewish tradition? Do the Afghani Taliban fighters handle the bodies of dead Christian soldiers according to the Christian tradition? Where the f**k is good old reciprocity?

No, they did not. So what? Because we are better than them, we achieve nothing by emulating them and showing gratuitous disrespect that goes against out values. It shows we are strong, not weak, when we distinguish ourselves in this way.

What's next? ...the American flag flying at half mast tomorrow morning over the White House? Probably not - but one never knows; especially since Obama is always so full of surprises given his sympathetic bent towards muslims. Oh wait - that's right, bin Laden was NOT a muslim leader. My bad ...

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Osama was the closest thing to what the religion of peace calls a caliph or emir, that's what he wanted, he was widely respected not only in the muslim world but also among US and European muslims. America is not at war withe Islam? Helloooo Islam is at war with the US!! Now he can concentrate on satisfying those 72 virgins he was promised by that other bastard, Mohammed the pedophile prophet. His small jihad is over! His dead body shoulod be put on display at ground Zero,at the location where those islamic supremacists like Feisal Abdul Rauf planned their victory mosque. To hell with them.

There you go. Obama dashed our hopes of burying bin laden's body in pig-sh!t. Osama's body is to be handled in Islamic tradition so as not to offend the moderate muslims (what else could it be?) Even though the president says "Al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own." I suppose the majority muslims do not care for this fact noted by Obama.

Taken from politico.com -

The United States is treating Osama bin Laden's body in "accordance with Islamic practice," a White House official says.

President Obama announced Sunday night that American forces killed bin Laden in Pakistan and that they took his body afterward. He said no Americans were harmed in the fight.

Asked how bin Laden's body will be treated, a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call that "we are ensuring that is handled in accordance with Islamic practice."

The official, who refused to be identified, said the matter is "something that we take very seriously, and so, therefore, this is being handled in an appropriate manner." [My highlights]

Announcing the killing of bin Laden, Obama said in a TV statement that American forces fired at him after he authorized the attack.

"After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body," Obama said. No Americans were harmed in the attack, Obama said, also noting that "they took care to avoid civilian casualties."

He also took time in his statement to state that "our war is not against Islam."

"Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims," Obama said. "Indeed, Al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity."

There you go. Obama dashed our hopes of burying bin laden's body in pig-sh!t. Osama's body is to be handled in Islamic tradition so as not to offend the moderate muslims (what else could it be?) Even though the president says "Al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own." I suppose Obama knows that the majority muslims do not care for this fact noted by him.

Taken from politico.com -

The United States is treating Osama bin Laden's body in "accordance with Islamic practice," a White House official says.

President Obama announced Sunday night that American forces killed bin Laden in Pakistan and that they took his body afterward. He said no Americans were harmed in the fight.

Asked how bin Laden's body will be treated, a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call that "we are ensuring that is handled in accordance with Islamic practice."

The official, who refused to be identified, said the matter is "something that we take very seriously, and so, therefore, this is being handled in an appropriate manner." [My highlights]

Announcing the killing of bin Laden, Obama said in a TV statement that American forces fired at him after he authorized the attack.

"After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body," Obama said. No Americans were harmed in the attack, Obama said, also noting that "they took care to avoid civilian casualties."

He also took time in his statement to state that "our war is not against Islam."

"Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims," Obama said. "Indeed, Al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity."

Desecrating Bin Laden's body would be the one move that might discourage jihadists, and Obama doesn't have the sense to do it.

Oh, please don't tell me that like those Somali Jihadis killed in Somalia while doing Jihad and whose bodies are sent to MN for burial, Osama's body will be flown to the US and buried in the Dearborn mosque.

In the 2nd thread on Osama, I suggested the Adolf Eichmann treatment - cremate him, and scatter his ashes over the Atlantic, so that there are no shrines for Mohammedans to pay homage to. Not that it'll stop them from paying homage @ the place in Islamabad where Obama was killed.

lol! ...oh, I missed your comment, yeah that's a great idea!

Let's hope he goes to his final resting place with as much dignity as Ayotollah Khomeini did, in the Islamic traditional way. .here's a reminder. .
http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/khomeini-funeral-body-crowd.

I found it odd that Osama's body would be handled according to "islamic tradition". If islam really had nothing to do with his actions why mention how the body is handled.Osama Bin Laden was a mass murdered who killed American men, women and children.He was not an honorable warrior and he and his family should receive no consideration.IMO, the body should be burned and the ashes tossed in the trash.

So, what happens to bin Laden's body now? Will there be a Pakistani state funeral for him, a shrine in Islamabad? Many will mourn his passing. Of course, they will now begin planning revenge attacks.

I predict it won't be long before there are Usama bin Laden mosques popping up within the Muslim world. The first one will be in Pakistan, the country that harbored and protected him.

CNN is reporting that OBL has been buried at sea in its timeline...

[Updated, 3:12 a.m. ET] A U.S. official said that Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea. The official said his body was handled in the Islamic tradition, but did not elaborate.

I thought that dumping waste at sea was an international offence? Pity the fish!

Robert, what is the burial procedure to be compliant? Is burial at sea an option?

Robert, I checked this site in the faint hope that you might have reacted in a constructive and rational way to Bin Laden's demise. Silly me.

Now, why treat the body according to Muslim precepts? Because there is no reason to offend the Muslims who reject terrorism; certainly not a negligible proportion of these 1.6 billion people. They are our only hope, Robert.

Family Values.... the alarm clock has gone off it is time to wake up!

kwg1:

Whatcha gonna do, nuke 1.6 bn Muslims? Ranting and fulminating globally against Islam is useless.

Burial in pigskin, Russian fashion, with a large pork sausage shoved up his ass.

I confess to being suspicious...

How do we confirm the truth of any of this story about Osama's death? Wouldn't it have been better to retain the body rather than swiftly bury it at sea (if that is what has happened)...where it's conveniently out of the way and beyond confirmation...

Now we have to trust the word of those who have reported it...

Should we?

They are making one almighty mess of dealing with Islam, as is indicated on jihadwatch every day. Why should we believe them in regard to this yarn?

I don't trust Obama nor much of the reporting of stuff like this...

The USA are correct to emphasise a Muslim burial, to remind us that most Muslims are either murderers, or apologists for murder. If you not boys them let me hear you condemn the daily attacks on Jews and Christains and almost anything else that walks or crawls on this earth.

Oh, great news!!! Osama's been buried @ sea - in other words, what I wished for above has happened. The above story about it being handled Islamically turned out to be... false!

I just hope it had been cremated b4 that - or else, you'd have a floating corpse of him on the sea - not a very clean way of doing it.

kwg1:

Whatcha gonna do, nuke 1.6 bn Muslims? Ranting and fulminating globally against Islam is useless.

I confess to being suspicious...

How do we confirm the truth of any of this story about Osama's death? Wouldn't it have been better to retain the body rather than swiftly bury it at sea (if that is what has happened)...where it's conveniently out of the way and beyond confirmation...

Now we have to trust the word of those who have reported it...

Should we?

They are making one almighty mess of dealing with Islam, as is indicated on jihadwatch every day. Why should we believe them in regard to this yarn?

I don't trust Obama nor much of the reporting of stuff like this...

One of the reasons we keep getting into these entanglements, besides trying to nation build since Thomas Woodrow Wilson invented it, is that we have not made soup out of our enemies since WWII. History proves that those who are vanquished are less likely to bother other nations again any time soon. Think Germany, think Japan, think Islam in the early 1800's. Then think what we get when we play footsie, we get Korea, Vietnam (even though we didn't really lose the war militarily. You do not need to nuke them but you can destroy major cities with advance warning to avoid casualkties, and then they will have to rebuild while going back to sleep in tents and using camels for transportation. Why do you think Muslims agree to truces? It isn't because they have been vanquished, but rather that they know we will not finish the job and agree to the truce. We abide by the terms while they rebuild!

@ Sonshine

There'll be tons of photos and film to prove he's dead. Of course, the conspiracy theorists who think Hitler's still alive and living in S. America, or that Elvis will tour soon, will try to breathe life into Osama for as long as possible.

Forget it. He's dead. Gone to join the choir invisible. He is an ex-person.

I would have given him a complete blood transfusion using a mixture of pigs blood and the blood of black dogs and anything else that pious followers find disgusting so female blood could be included, then feed his rotting body to hungry pigs. Not much chance of paradise on judgement day for Ossabaw Pig Laden.
And if anybody believes that the martydom of the pig will end Qur'anic terrorism they are sadly deluded.

This story of him having already been buried at sea makes little sense. I'm hoping fervently that it isn't true. What better way to elevate him into the company of Elvis?

Obama is Osama in a different kind of jihad. He will use his capacity playing words to ease both stupid american and stupid Christian while his secret silent jihad agenda advanced in USA.

Fighting this religion you must adopted how the russian eliminated Chechnya jihad. To kill 1 jihadist you must blow 1 village. Roasted them all!

Why dont you roasted the body of laden and give to alligator for lunch.

Oh, great news!!! Osama's been buried @ sea - in other words, what I wished for above has happened. The above story about it being handled Islamically turned out to be... false!

I just hope it had been cremated b4 that - or else, you'd have a floating corpse of him on the sea - not a very clean way of doing it.

Family Values

There is a wide range of options available b/w kissing the collective hiney of the ummah, vs nuking them. Somehow, you seem to suggest that it's either one or the other.

P.S. Apologies for my above repeat post - the JW server at times seems to have gone the Osama way

Obama is Osama in a different kind of jihad. He will use his capacity playing words to ease both stupid american and stupid Christian while his secret silent jihad agenda advanced in USA.

Fighting this religion you must adopted how the russian eliminated Chechnya jihad. To kill 1 jihadist you must blow 1 village. Roasted them all!

Why dont you roasted the body of laden and give to alligator for lunch.

When I first read this, I was shocked. Obama had stressed in his speech that bin Laden was not a "Muslim leader" but a "mass murderer of Muslims," etc. Why were we therefore honoring the body of a mass murderer in accordance with the tradition of a religion we supposedly viewed as - at its core - far removed from the mentality of al-Qaeda?

But on reflection, it may have been the right move. With all the expressions of approval from leaders of democratic states, how many Muslims worldwide have expressed their approval of the killing so far? How many can be expected to do so? Of course OBL was a "Muslim leader," and of course he was inspired by Islam. By burying him this way, we are in a sense acknowledging our awareness that many Muslims worldwide viewed him as such.

Maybe this is giving too much credit to US political leaders, who haven't appeared terribly bright thus far. But by burying bin Laden in accordance with Islamic tradition, we have placed the ball firmly in the court of the world's Muslims. Either they vocally counter the idea that this man was representative of true believers in Islam, and thus that it was wrong to honor him in death as a believer. Or else, with their silence, they lay bare their true sentiments and complicity (whether through cravenness or hatred) in jihadism.

My theory?

They didn't bury him at sea (i.e. within 24 hours of death according to Islamic practice). They still have his body. They will keep it hidden for a few years, on ice, as proof of his death. They only said they buried him so as to not stir up the muslim hornets nest.

A few judicious words from Esmerelda Weatherwax, over at the New English Review.

http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/34301

Given how delicately US Commander-in-chief handled Osama's body, it is no surprise that Pakistan played USA for fools for over 10 years, billions of US tax dollars and thousands of American lives. Even in death, Osama poked fun at US tax-payer.

No wonder US borders are open, CAIR, MAS and ISNA are toying with American laws and billions of US tax dollars are going to Terrorist state of Pakistan. Thanks for nothing, Janet Napolitano, Hillary and Barry.

.'Family Values' I'm telling you strait Do Not drag Elvis's name into this scene.

Look for lies from Pakistani Foreign Ministry about Pakistan's role in the elemination of Bin Laden. Also, look for lies from state Department about Pakistan's co-operation in war against terror.

As for White House, the lies rolled out right before the bottom line: 'United States is not and never will be at war with Islam' (no matter Islam has declared USA 'Dar Al Harb'). our war is NOT against Islam; Bin Laden was not a Muslim.. (good covering up for the terror doctorine, Barry)

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/president-obama-confirms-osama-bin-laden-s-death-25084937

India spoke the truest words in this matter: http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/02/india-says-pakistan-shown-as-terror-sanctuary.html

Correction Mr President: You may not be at war with Islam but Islam is at war with YOU AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM.Killing Osama Bin Laden (though to quote Martha Stewart,"it's a good thing") will change NOTHING! ISLAM IS EVIL and as long as official US policy is to embrace this evil and not denounce it as evil and deal with it definitively, the destruction of America from within will continue!

India delayed the burial of the Mumbai murderers, for 14 months. I would feed jihadis to hungry pigs, then use the excreta to fertilize vegetables fed to Gitmo vermin.

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/05/02/comparing-the-bin-laden-mumbai-gunmen-burials/

Whatcha gonna do, nuke 1.6 bn Muslims? Ranting and fulminating globally against Islam is useless.

What is useless is rolling over, belly up, and playing dead...
That is the cowards method of problem solving...

If 1.6 billion Mahoundians intimidates you, convert and you will be safe...

Both Obama and Osama have told us about their Mulsim faith and now it turns out that neither of the were the real deal.

How is it possible for the kufr killers of a Mahoundian to give the body an Islamic burial, at sea at that?

This seems to be an impossibility...Even if they had an Imam along to officiate, that Imam is cooperating with kufr and is in violation...

Why was it important for Obama to assure Usama was buried in so called, true Muslim fashion? That scumbag was a cold hearted murderous S.O.B. that should be given treatment equal to his victims. " Bombings, beheadings, the dragging of burned mutilated American bodies through the streets then hanging them on bridges for all to see and celebrate. It would have been better to simply announce he was shot dead and we need to continue with praise and support for our military. This piece of PIG SH.T has been responsible for the killing of thousands of Americans. Treat the death of Usama Bin Laden as one more step toward the end of the WAR with ISLAMIC RADICALS. Lets put an end this bowing and kissing the butts of these rats.

I resent bin Laden having been given a clean burial at sea "in accordance with Islamic traditions". The ocean is the grave of too many honorable human beings, since when does that trash deserve a grave there? As for "respecting the enemy", if we'd executed Hitler would we then have buried him in accordance with Nazi ritual? The Italian partisans hung Musolini from a lamp post. Should they have been "better than the fascists" and given him a full funeral at the Vatican?

Nuts.

OBL should've been dipped in bacon grease, cremated, and scattered over the biggest hog farm them could find. I like John P's spin on the basic plan as posted above.

If I was a member of the Mythical Majority of Moderate Muslims; I would be very offended at the idea of OBL getting buried "according to Islamic tradition". I would be very likely to protest, and not very likely to actively support any gov't who treated OBL like a Muslim. The fact that there have not been protests like these (at least yet) points to the fact that there is no such thing as radical muslims; there are only observant and non-observant muslims. Just like with Christianity. Not every Christian is a missionary, but the vast majority of Christians support them, not every Muslim is violent, but the vast majority support them.

If I was a member of the Mythical Majority of Moderate Muslims; I would be very offended at the idea of OBL getting buried "according to Islamic tradition". I would be very likely to protest, and not very likely to actively support any gov't who treated OBL like a Muslim. The fact that there have not been protests like these (at least yet) points to the fact that there is no such thing as radical muslims; there are only observant and non-observant muslims. Just like with Christianity. Not every Christian is a missionary, but the vast majority of Christians support them, not every Muslim is violent, but the vast majority support them.

If I was a member of the Mythical Majority of Moderate Muslims; I would be very offended at the idea of OBL getting buried "according to Islamic tradition". I would be very likely to protest, and not very likely to actively support any gov't who treated OBL like a Muslim. The fact that there have not been protests like these (at least yet) points to the fact that there is no such thing as radical muslims; there are only observant and non-observant muslims. Just like with Christianity. Not every Christian is a missionary, but the vast majority of Christians support them, not every Muslim is violent, but the vast majority support them.

You're right. Just another example of the lies about the "overwhelming majority of moderate Muslims" and the liberals and enablers, and U.S. and Israel haters, who are pious hypocrites. OBL's head should have been severed and displayed, and the rest of his body fed to wild animals. He deserved no decent "Muslim" or other burial.

Lol, I like the way you think! What an appropriate way to dispose of filth in human form and since symbols are so important to pious muslims, we should make symbolic statements often and with great fanfare. In other words, rub it in with gusto! Will that 'make us just like them'? Hell no!

Makes you sick that Obama can dictate the handling of this evil muslim's body - in accordance with islamic practices - who knows best? Obama!

You wrote:

"We achieve nothing by emulating them and showing gratuitous disrespect that goes against out values. It shows we are strong, not weak, when we distinguish ourselves in this way."


To "THEM": It shows WEAKNESS if we react with respect to Osamas remains!
To "US": It shows STRENGTH if we react with respect to Osamas remains.

It is important NOT TO SHOW WEAKNESS! You don't show weakness to a PSYCHOPATHIC/BULLY . . it FEEDS them for further abuse!


DEATH OF OSAMMA? This whole affair is turning into a game of sharades....conspricay theory? You bet.

WHAT A SHAME. LAST NIGHT I WAS HAPPY. NOW - AS REALITY SET'S IN, I REALIZE WE ARE DOOMED - IMPLODING FROM WITHIN, AS USUAL.


TRAVESTY.

You are absolutely right. We bombed Dresden and Tokyo, not to mention Nagasaki & Hiroshima. To claim we are not at war with Islamic countries is foolish. We didn't care if we killed Nazis or Germans in WWll. They were the same for all intents and purposes. We should go in there and carpet bomb all of the middle east except Israel. Then Indonesia and the rest of the Hell holes that embrace that rectal orifice Mo. If nothing else it would be a few years before they could rebuild and start back on us.

DEATH OF OSAMMA? This whole affair is turning into a game of sharades....conspricay theory? You bet.

WHAT A SHAME. LAST NIGHT I WAS HAPPY. NOW - AS REALITY SET'S IN, I REALIZE WE ARE DOOMED - IMPLODING FROM WITHIN, AS USUAL.


TRAVESTY.

To say that Islam and terrorism are not connected is utter B.S.

Will it take another 9/11 before we wake up? Probably not...it may take 10 more 9/11s before we wake up, and by then it will be too late sadly enough. We are our own worst enemy and if we continue to go day by day with this infected mentlity, we are sure to perish within a few hundred years time as the moslem invaders take over...

Osamma news is a conspiracy theory - carefully orchestrated by Obamma to get re-elected. Tink about it....The news around the world is simply that. NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Osamma is dead....

OMG people, WHERE IS THE PROOF!!!!!!!!!

Oh, they say he was buried at sea...come on do you blieve that for one second? Where is the video and film footage of the firefight and taking out of the body?

With cameras and cell phones all around us, where is the coverage?

SHOW ME SOMEONE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you, Susanp :)

Oh come on people! Are we to believe the Liar-and-thief? How many times must one be lied to, to start believing him now?

I demand to see proof of this! Osama's head on a platter with an apple stuck in his mouth garnished by his hands and feet! How convenient that they buried him at see within 24 hours! No evidence that it was him to be found!

It's just another ruse...smoke and mirrors to deflect the hallaballoo about his fake BC! Now he can be every American's hero...he got the bad guy! Woo-hoo! NOT!

This is the second time Osama has died!What the heck was he? A vampire? There was a story about his dying before....think this is closer to the truth.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

If they took a DNA sample to confirm that it was him...how long does it take to process that sample? Not only 24 hours I'd bet. They would also need another family member's DNA to confirm he was a Bin Laden.

Also as stated by Staum607....doesn't an Imam or one of the muslim hierachy have to be present at the burial? No infidel could prepare the body for burial!

I smell and call BS on this! Lots of things just don't jive with it! Too convenient! It's time we started asking questions and getting smart!

Bet if you would think about it...you'd find many of your own questions also! These are only a couple of mine that I have.

So, let's all start being from an "M" state and ask " Show Me !!!!"

Now things get interesting. Obama killed Osama. In their eyes, Obama renounces his muslim faith? Their answer is death! Obama is #1 on the raghead hit list.... What timeing. No more blank-check for DOD! Jus in time for budget cut? I actually feel kind of bad knowing that he suffered all the ridicule, while he secretly hunted down the #1 terrorist! Was his whole presidency taqqia in reverse? This feels weird.......

Here is what bothers the hell out of ME, Cryptobart, Osama's body was a gold mine of information! His teeth were worked on by just a few dentists who are easily identified by the nature of their work - all his murdering friends probably go to the same dentists - what he ate and how those elements fit into his body - his problem with both his kidney's (did he get a transplant? the Kidney would tell you where his religious murdering worshipers go to get medical care - and so many other things! Why in the Hell would they let go the Kind of Murder's body before they discovered all these things? They could have mined Osama's body for, at the every least, a full year! Obama is a dope and, like Clinton, probably still partakes of the stuff that made him a dope. What a dumb sap! Imagine letting an opportunity like this slide into the sea - Man O Man!

Here is what bothers the hell out of ME, Cryptobart, Osama's body was a gold mine of information! His teeth were worked on by just a few dentists who are easily identified by the nature of their work - all his murdering friends probably go to the same dentists - what he ate and how those elements fit into his body - his problem with both his kidney's (did he get a transplant? the Kidney would tell you where his religious murdering worshipers go to get medical care - and so many other things! Why in the Hell would they let go the Kind of Murder's body before they discovered all these things? They could have mined Osama's body for, at the every least, a full year! Obama is a dope and, like Clinton, probably still partakes of the stuff that made him a dope. What a dumb sap! Imagine letting an opportunity like this slide into the sea - Man O Man!

U.S. ensures that bin Laden's body handled in accord with Islamic tradition
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Well, yes—except that burial at sea is only considered "Islamic" if there is no chance to get to dry land for burial within 24 hours—meaning that, despite our best efforts at showing "respect", that we will still arouse the ire of the "peaceful ones".

But where is the surprise in that? At least bin Laden's burial place will not become a shrine and a pilgrimage site. There's that much, at least.

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“Widely read in conservative foreign policy circles.”
New York Times

“Widely read in many quarters in Washington.”
Washington Post

“A canny operative who likely has the inside track on the State Department’s Middle East affairs desk should the tea party win the White House.”
New York Magazine

“A hero of the American right.”
Karen Armstrong

"The leading anti-Islamic intellectual in the United States....The go-to Islam expert for the right wing."
Salon Magazine

“Robert Spencer is an Edward Said turned upside down.”
Stephen Suleyman Schwartz

“One of the nation's most notorious Islamophobes.”
Hamas-linked CAIR

"Geller and Spencer are probably the most important propagandizing Islamophobes in the world. These people's voices speak very loudly — not just here in the United States but overseas."
Heidi Beirach, Southern Poverty Law Center

“Satanic ignoramus.”
Khaleel Mohammed

“The Likud anti-Christ.”
Dar al-Hayat newspaper (Saudi Arabia)

“Zionist Crusader, missionary of hate, counter-Islam consultant.”
Al-Qaeda’s Adam Gadahn, “Azzam the American”



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