Thursday, May 5, 2011

Osama: We won’t release photographs of killing, burial – US

No Photographs: Barack Obama meets with Prince Charles in the Oval Office today after an interview where he confirmed no photographs of Bin Laden's body would be released

Obama refuses to release Bin Laden death photos - but graphic images are published of three men killed alongside terror chief

It follows fierce debate among the President's senior advisers, many of whom had pushed for him to release the gruesome final shots of the Al Qaeda leader.
It was hoped that releasing the images would also put an end to any wild conspiracy theories that Bin Laden was still alive.

But within minutes of the White House announcement, graphic photographs - thought to show Bin Laden's son, a trusted courier and another aide killed in the raid - were made public today.
The photographs, released by Reuters news agency, show the graphic aftermath of the raid on Bin Laden's Abbottabad compound.

They were taken about an hour after the U.S. assault and show the three dead men, believed to be courier Arshad Khan, another trusted aide and Bin Laden's son Khalid, lying in pools of blood without weapons.

The refusal by the White House to release the photos will anger members of Obama's senior advisory team who had pushed for them to be made public.

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