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23. Revealed: Military emails show that NO U.S. sailors witnessed Osama bin Laden's secret burial at sea
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 02:15 PM
Feb 2013
Revealed: Military emails show that NO U.S. sailors witnessed Osama bin Laden's secret burial at sea

*Defense Department says it cannot find any images or videos of bin Laden's aboard USS Carl Vinson
*Pentagon failed to produce autopsy report, death certificate or results of DNA tests

Internal emails among U.S. military officers indicate that no American sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson, and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the secret ceremony.

The emails, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, are heavily blacked out, but are the first public disclosure of government information about the al-Qaida leader's death. The emails were released Wednesday by the Defense Department.

Bin Laden was killed on May 1, 2011, by a Navy SEAL team that assaulted his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
One email stamped secret and sent on May 2 by a senior Navy officer briefly describes how bin Laden's body was washed, wrapped in a white sheet, and then placed in a weighted bag.

(...)

In a response to separate requests from the AP for information about the mission, the Defense Department said in March that it could not locate any photographs or video taken during the raid or showing bin Laden's body. It also said it could not find any images of bin Laden's body on the Vinson.

The Pentagon also said it could not find any death certificate, autopsy report or results of DNA identification tests for bin Laden, or any pre-raid materials discussing how the government planned to dispose of bin Laden's body if he were killed.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236617/Revealed-Military-emails-NO-U-S-sailors-witnessed-Osama-bin-Ladens-secret-burial-sea.html
Osama appears to not exist anymore cpwm17 Nov 2012 #1
He's dead, Jim. nt frogmarch Nov 2012 #2
Thanks for clearing that up cpwm17 Nov 2012 #3
It’s unfortunate that frogmarch Nov 2012 #4
I wish that Obama had made a better effort to capture Osama alive cpwm17 Nov 2012 #5
"I'm not sure what kind of evidence they could have used to prove that they had killed Osama" ocpagu Dec 2012 #9
CT'ers would claim that the picture was fake cpwm17 Dec 2012 #11
Perhaps, but... ocpagu Dec 2012 #12
I don't know cpwm17 Dec 2012 #13
So... ocpagu Feb 2013 #19
We also have common sense cpwm17 Feb 2013 #20
That's not what I asked. ocpagu Feb 2013 #21
From my post #5 above: cpwm17 Feb 2013 #26
So you have absolutely no evidences... ocpagu Feb 2013 #27
You're accusing Obama of being a part of a massive 9-11 conspiracy cpwm17 Feb 2013 #28
"all evidence is that the US killed him" ocpagu Feb 2013 #30
Osama quit existing when the US Government claimed to have killed him cpwm17 Feb 2013 #35
I think after..... Frank_Norris_Lives Nov 2012 #6
Everything you wrote is accurate cpwm17 Nov 2012 #7
Those who don't believe in conspiracies.... Frank_Norris_Lives Nov 2012 #8
So you think the President was lying to us? OK. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #10
Do you think that the president can... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #15
Wow, imagine a member of the U.S. government lying AlwaysQuestion Jan 2013 #16
LOL ocpagu Feb 2013 #22
Yeah... and birthers still want to see the REAL Obama birth certificate jberryhill Jan 2013 #17
PressTV? Codeine Dec 2012 #14
Spectral sacrifice? Osama was killed by SPECTRE? Bucky Feb 2013 #18
Revealed: Military emails show that NO U.S. sailors witnessed Osama bin Laden's secret burial at sea ocpagu Feb 2013 #23
Osama Bin Laden Videos Released By The Pentagon Are a Hoax, Man In TV Video Identified ocpagu Feb 2013 #24
The pictures of Osama on the left from the Pentagon released video cpwm17 Feb 2013 #29
Except for the fact... ocpagu Feb 2013 #31
Do you have a link for your claim that the man in the video is not Osama? cpwm17 Feb 2013 #32
I've already posted three links about it. ocpagu Feb 2013 #33
An anonymous person on the internet making a claim cpwm17 Feb 2013 #34
Washington Post: CIA unit's wacky idea: Depict Saddam as gay ocpagu Feb 2013 #25
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