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The news that dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden is dead and was buried at sea has fueled conspiracy theories because the action of the U.S. forces gives rise to more questions than answering them.
The CIA, in a supposed targeted military operation, raided the secret lair of the world's most wanted man on May 1, late Sunday afternoon (EST) and after a 40 minute (or around) "firefight" bin Laden is declared dead, reportedly shot twice in the head. His son(s) and brother(s), a courier and a woman, reported to be bin Laden's human shield, also reportedly died in the shootout.
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What happens next is more interesting - to adhere to Islamic customs and practice of burying a dead body within 24 hours, the U.S. troops hurriedly bring bin Laden's body on board a US aircraft carrier (USS Carl Vinson?), wash the body, wrap it in white sheets, offer Islamic religious rites, place the body in a weighted bag and ease it into the sea.
The sudden death and hurried burial of bin Laden's body are likely to make Americans believe in the Roswell incident than the believe in the official claim that bin Laden is truly dead and buried. And yes, it has given rise to several conspiracy theories as the action of the U.S. government raises more questions than answering them.
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1. Some people claim bin Laden isn't actually dead nor captured and the whole thing is some sort of government hoax, possibly to bump up U.S. President Barack Obama's popularity ratings before 2012 elections. The order to kill bin Laden was made only because Obama realized his chances for reelection were slipping. Especially the reports of bin laden's death comes at a time when Obama is under heavy fire from Donald Trump's "birther" movement. This is the weirdest of the conspiracy theories (deather theory) because Obama will not get too much political mileage from bin Laden's death. If it was meant to be a well-crafted government hoax, Obama would have pulled off the stunt in 2012 and not 2011. By the time election draws near, people are going to focus more on unemployment and economic recovery and not on bin Laden.
2. Osama bin Laden is dead reportedly for several years, murdered by one of his own men. Deceased Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto in an interview had claimed so and possibly the U.S. government knew about it. The U.S. government did not tell anyone about it because it was waiting for the right time to make the announcement. This is a ridiculous theory too as there's no way George W. Bush would have declined to take credit for bin Laden's death. Why would Bush let Obama take the credit now for bin Laden's death?
3. Osama bin Laden is not dead but he has been captured and kept alive and captive in a secret military compound in the United States. Why? Because he is more useful to the U.S. government alive than dead. Moreover, the U.S. government has not yet released any official photograph of bin Laden's body. The government's version till now is that they have photographs and possible video clips to back their claims but as the photos are gruesome - with blood and brain visible (as bin Laden was shot in the forehead), Obama, out of respect and decency, does not want to release the photos. Well, there's a point here but the government's decision is making it all too easy for the voices of conspiracy theorists to grow louder. We need to see the death photos and burial photos, Obama, and we need to see them now.
4. The U.S. government said they knew that bin Laden lived in the mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan for several years and had waited till last weekend to make the strike. Is the U.S. government taking us for fools? If the government knew bin Laden was staying in the mansion, why did it wait for years to execute the raid? Was the government so confident that bin Laden would not move on to another hideout?
5. The U.S. government say bin Laden's body was buried at sea. Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's biggest selling tabloid , has something to say about that: "But where’s the proof? Let’s at least remember the most detailed video from the seizure of the overgrown and wild Saddam Hussein. Show us the video or at least a photograph of the main terrorist's corpse, fragments of the examination of his captured colleagues or family members. Maybe they won't say what's needed and that's why they don't show it? Instead of this, we only get Obama's bravado speech. And why was the main 'material evidence' disposed of so quickly? Bin Laden's corpse yestery was apparently thrown into the waters of the Arabian Sea, so that no one would look for it. And we're meant to believe this, taken on word?"
Also antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan. "I am sorry, but if you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid," Sheehan posted on her Facebook page. "Just think to yourself — they paraded Saddam's dead sons around to prove they were dead — why do you suppose they hastily buried this version of OBL at sea?"
Some other unanswered questions
1. bin Laden's eye-catching mansion was around 1000 yards away from what is Pakistan's version of West Point military academy. Did Pakistan intelligence really not know that bin Laden was living in their midst? If Pakistan knew of bin Laden's whereabouts, did Pakistan double-cross United States by not sharing the information even after receiving billions of dollars in aid?
2. Was the raid conducted by U.S> forces only or was it was U.S.-Pakistan coordinated raid? If former, was Pakistan dead asleep or is Pakistan knowingly harboring terrorist outfits?
