Osama Bin Laden Body Headed for Burial at Sea, Officials Say

[Bluebear]

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.‬"

Under Islamic tradition, ABC's Zunaira Zaki reports, the body would be washed by Muslim men and buried as soon as possible, usually by the next prayer (Muslims pray five times a day), although there may be delays under certain circumstances (for autopsies, for example). The body is usually buried in a simple white sheet -- whether buried in the ground, or at sea.

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

[Hannah Bell]

1. per cnn, body is already in the briny.

[Bluebear]

2. Well that was speedy. Cue conspiracy theories!

[gauguin57]

3. I'm heading over to freeperland to see what they think of that ....

... wish me luck ... I'm goin' in ... *holds nose* ...

[gauguin57]

8. Yep ... the freepers all think it's fishy. So to speak.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2713475/posts

[Bluebear]

9. 'something stinks bigtime'

Good gravy.

[joshcryer]

11. Wow, I see some of those responses almost word for word as responses here.

Damn.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. Much too quick.

Would his being incompletely thawed cause him to float, or to sink?

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

10. you wanted a parade with Osama strapped on a float?

[Dokkie]

12. OMG

I fell of the bed laughing. Dont do that again. But seriously, the military better provide solid evidence just like they did with the 2 Saddam sons. If 43% of people believe Trump was not born in the US, wait and see what they would do to this.

[Abq_Sarah]

7. Since the administration wanted to adhere to Islamic burial traditions

They had to weight him down and dump him or bury him fairly quickly.

[gauguin57]

4. Breaking on cnn.com: "Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea, a U.S. official says. "

Yep. The conspiracy theorists will be all over this one.

[MyrnaLoy]

6. damn!!!!

Now they will fly airplanes into the ocean for payback.