U.S. Still Mulls Release of bin Laden Photos

Officials eager to provide proof of bin Laden's death but reluctant to inflame Islamic anger.

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WASHINGTON - Still-secret photos of the dead Osama bin Laden show a precision kill shot above his left eye, a U.S. official said, as fresh details emerged of an audacious American raid that netted potentially crucial al Qaeda records as well as the body of the global terrorist leader. President Barack Obama is going to the site of the former World Trade Center in New York to mark the milestone and remember the dead of 9/11.

 

The administration weighed whether to release photos of bin Laden's corpse and video of his swift burial at sea. Officials were reluctant to inflame Islamic sentiment by showing graphic images of the body. But they were also eager to address the mythology already building in Pakistan and beyond that bin Laden was somehow still alive.

 

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Dave said on Tuesday, May 3 at 8:41 PM

who funded this whole operation with $, lives and tears?? We deserve the pictures!

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