Photos show some killed in bin Laden raid [but none of them shows bin Laden...]
[An image obtained by Reuters shows the outside of Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad complex shortly after the U.S. raid that killed the al Qaeda leader. Reuters says it obtained the images from a Pakistani guard who entered the compound in the early morning hours of Monday, May 2. Editors note: This gallery includes bloody images of the three men killed at the compound by Navy SEALs.]
President Barack Obama has announced that the photos taken by American forces of Osama bin Laden's dead body will not be released publicly.
However the international news agency Reuters has released photos taken on the ground in Pakistan of what appear to be the compound where Navy SEALs engaged in a bloody firefight before [allegedly] killing Osama bin Laden. Reuters reports that the photos were taken about an hour after the assault on "bin Laden's compound" in Abottabad, Pakistan.
View the Reuters photos: Warning, graphic content
In addition to scenes showing the tail assembly of a downed American helicopter, which Reuters claims indicates some kind of previously unknown stealth capability, they show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons. Reuters says a Pakistani security official took the pictures, and sold them to the news organization.
Yahoo Canada: Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house
Jason Ditz: Unilateral Raids in Pakistan the New Normal? - The US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad came without any permission from the Pakistani government. Most people overlooked this given the nature of the target, and assumed the attack was a “special case.” White House spokesman Jay Carney, however, suggested that this was a precedent-setting event, and that President Obama “reserves the right” to launch comparable attacks into Pakistan in the future. “He made very clear during his campaign that that was his view,” Carney insisted, adding that he “feels that it was the right approach and continues to feel that way.” The move clearly didn’t set well with the Pakistani government, which already expressed concern about the incident.
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