Osama Bin Laden's Son Doubts His Father Is Dead
Osama bin Laden's son is reportedly in doubt that his father was killed after U.S. President Barack Obama decided not to publish photographs taken during the raid.
According to Reuters Canada, Omar bin Laden reportedly says that he is not convinced his father was killed in the U.S. military operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May. He is also unsure whether his father had lived for five uninterrupted years at the compound where the raid took place.
"Why hasn't the U.S. shown the photos? "If we haven't seen the body, we can't be completely sure," he said.
NYT [May 10, 2011]: Statement From the Family of Osama bin Laden - I Omar Ossama Binladin and my brothers the lawful children and heirs of the Ossama Binladin (OBL) have noted wide coverage of the news of the death of our father, but we are not convinced on the available evidence in the absence of dead body, photographs, and video evidence that our natural father is dead. Therefore, with this press statement, we seek such conclusive evidence to believe the stories published in relation to 2 May 2011 operation Geronimo as declared by the President of United States Barrack Hussein Obama in his speech that he authorized the said operation and killing of OBL and later confirmed his death.
[Editor's Comment:] There is no independent or conclusive evidence that Osama bin Laden was executed in Abbottabad. The one extant image of marines dumping a white-clad body in the sea does not in itself prove that this must have been bin Laden's body. The world at large simply do not at this point in time know for certain that bin Laden has been killed. Neither do we know for certain whether he is dead or not.
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