Laden’s sea burial followed traditions
23 Nov 2012 5:55 AM IST
The burial at sea of Osama bin Laden, killed in a raid by the US Navy SEALs in Pakistan, followed traditional Islamic procedures and no sailors watched it, according to newly released military e-mails.
‘Any sailors watch the burial?’ a Navy commander asked the public affairs officer on the USS Carl Vinson on a May 3, 2011, e-mail.
‘Only a small group of the leadership was informed --less than a dozen,’ the public affairs officer replied. Another e-mail stated, ‘Burial no sailors watched.’
Ten heavily redacted e-mails were released by the Department of Defence in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit initially filed by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, the CNN reported. The Carl Vinson was the carrier where the SEALs took bin Laden's body by helicopter after he was killed.
‘Any sailors watch the burial?’ a Navy commander asked the public affairs officer on the USS Carl Vinson on a May 3, 2011, e-mail.
‘Only a small group of the leadership was informed --less than a dozen,’ the public affairs officer replied. Another e-mail stated, ‘Burial no sailors watched.’
Ten heavily redacted e-mails were released by the Department of Defence in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit initially filed by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, the CNN reported. The Carl Vinson was the carrier where the SEALs took bin Laden's body by helicopter after he was killed.
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