Why Did US Forces Bury Osama Bin Laden’s Body at Sea? | HISTORY
On May 2, 2011, the United States military killed and buried Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader behind the 9/11 attacks. U.S. Special Operations troops took him out during a military raid on the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where he and some of his family were hiding out. After identifying his body, the military brought him aboard the USS Carl Vinson and buried him in the northern Arabian Sea the same day.The U.S. took political, religious and practical factors into consideration when deciding how to bury bin Laden’s body. Читать дальше...