Osama Bin Laden's burial at sea: Why did we throw his body in the ocean?

[kqr2]

http://www.slate.com/id/2292724/

[angdis]

There was DNA evidence to demonstrate it was him and the enemy has already acknowledged that OBL is gone.

This was probably the best thing they could have done short of taking him alive.

Who cares what internet "truther" types have to say about it?

[jayzee]

1. According to Isalmic traditions a body should be buried in 24 hours 2. One would not want to create a shrine.

So the haste and burial at sea.

[jinushaun]

The sea burial will lead to conspiracy theories for years to come... Where's the body? Probably with Elvis and Tupac somewhere.

[bugsy → jinushaun]

Asking where's the body is not a conspiracy theory. It's a basic reasonable question.

[kmgroove → bugsy]

And the basic reasonable answer is: at sea.

[wlievens → jinushaun]

Surely The Donald knows.

[cbo]

I assumed that it was going to be publicly cremated, but I'm not going to complain about a burial at sea.

The important thing is that it doesn't become a rallying symbol, or an object of international controversy. Having it rest at the bottom of the sea is one of the best ways to accomplish those goals.

[bmcniel]

Is Osama bin Laden really in the same league as the Nazis?