CHCl3

Disregard this post.

How in the fuck did no one in the Pakistani government not know that he was living about 1000 yards from a Pakistani Military training facility? Especially in a huge mansion surrounded by barbwire and large cement walls.

Either it is the most schizophrenic government or the most retarded government in modern history.

djchameleon

There is this little thing called body doubles and impostors. He had many of them!

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CHCl3

I know that but did no one ever think to investigate this sudden mansion surrounded by barb wire and large concrete walls about a 1000 yards from a military facility.

TheBig3

Word is the mansion had no phone or internet service and they didn't have trash disposal, they just burned everything.

I think the Pakistani government was in on the secret.

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right-track

Or it was a Pakistani government building and the U.S. and Pakistan are both in on the secret. Only that being...he wasn't there.

Freebase Dali

It's being reported that officials are expected to release photos of the body and video footage of them tossing ol' Binny Laden into Davey Jones' locker in the coming days, so I'm withholding assertions until then, if it comes about.

I don't see why they wouldn't release photos. For one, they released photos of Saddam's sons when they ganked them, with no repercussions that I'm aware of. I don't see how this would be different. It seems contradictory that they'd be worried about inflaming the muslim community by releasing the photos... and, on the other hand, they certainly can't inflame Al-Qaeda any more than they probably already have.
I don't think they can jeopardize operational security by showing a body either.

So yea, I think we'll get photos.
Hopefully they'll be the kind of photos that puts any "when" questions to bed as well.

right-track

Anyone know how long it takes to successfully test DNA?

Freebase Dali

I don't personally know, but I assume there's a satisfactory DNA analysis capable of being performed within the time-frame needed for this situation. If not, the govt. would have to be ridiculously stupid to think that out of all the forensic scientists in the world who perform DNA tests, none of them would notice something amiss.

Edit:
Just by Googling "fastest dna test", some services offer next day delivery of results. Apparently there are quick tests. But are they satisfactory? Are they relevant?

right-track

I'm beginning to think you work for the U.S. government Freebase?

Call me naive, but I just don't buy everything we're told by governments in general. That goes for all of them.
I can believe he's dead. I can believe he was killed when they say he was.
I just find it hard to believe they buried him at sea in order to observe the traditions of another religion in order to placate ordinary muslims.
I'm more likely to believe they still have the body.

Freebase Dali

I used to work for the U.S. govt. But now that I'm not, I can call them on their B.S.

They most definitely did NOT bury him at sea "to observe muslim tradition". (According to muslim scholars, sea burial is only appropriate if the muslim died at sea) The only thing they supposedly did that observed it was the washing of the body and laying it to rest in the 24-hour time-frame, as muslim tradition requires. Apparently, and as many people are suggesting, they didn't want to bury him in the dirt in fears that his grave would be a rally point and shrine for his followers. If you ask me, they could have put him in an unmarked grave and still followed muslim tradition, while avoiding what they may have been trying to avoid.

I wonder if the aircraft carrier that he was brought to was closer than any other U.S. domain on the ground that would facilitate their needs? If that's the case, they might have tossed him in the water as a matter of ease. But at the same time, it seems just as likely that they'd have kept the body for whatever reasons and simply reported that they buried him at sea in the 24-hour window to appease the muslim community. After all, no one would be the wiser.