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Saturday, 14 May 2011
Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Islamic scholars criticize bin Laden’s sea burial
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Sea burials can be allowed, they said, but only in special cases where the death occurred aboard a ship.
“The Americans want to humiliate Muslims through this burial, and I don’t think this is in the interest of the US administration,” said Omar Bakri Mohammed, a
A US official said the burial decision was made after concluding that it would have been difficult to find a country willing to accept the remains. There was also speculation about worry that a grave site could have become a rallying point for militants.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive national security matters.
President Barack Obama said the remains had been handled in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires speedy burial, and the Pentagon later said the body was placed into the waters of the northern Arabian Sea after adhering to traditional Islamic procedures – including washing the corpse – aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
But the Lebanese cleric Mohammed called it a “strategic mistake” that was bound to stoke rage.
In Washington, CIA director Leon Panetta warned that “terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge” the killing of the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks.
Cairo: Muslim clerics said on Monday that Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.
Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial – as with many issues within the faith – a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard Muslim practice of placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca.Sea burials can be allowed, they said, but only in special cases where the death occurred aboard a ship.
“The Americans want to humiliate Muslims through this burial, and I don’t think this is in the interest of the US administration,” said Omar Bakri Mohammed, a
A US official said the burial decision was made after concluding that it would have been difficult to find a country willing to accept the remains. There was also speculation about worry that a grave site could have become a rallying point for militants.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive national security matters.
President Barack Obama said the remains had been handled in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires speedy burial, and the Pentagon later said the body was placed into the waters of the northern Arabian Sea after adhering to traditional Islamic procedures – including washing the corpse – aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
But the Lebanese cleric Mohammed called it a “strategic mistake” that was bound to stoke rage.
In Washington, CIA director Leon Panetta warned that “terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge” the killing of the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks.
Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Capitol Hill Urges UBL Photo Release
http://atlanticinternationalpartnershipreviews.com/?p=11U.S. officials still haven’t decided whether or not to release photo proof that terror mastermind Usama bin Laden is dead, so Sen. Lindsey Graham is trying to make the case by saying it’s in the country’s best interest.
“I know the Geneva Convention very well,” the South Carolina Republican and member of the Armed Services Committee told Fox News Radio, “but this is a circumstance where I believe it’s not a violation of the convention, it would be in our national interests to make a case, documented case, that this was Usama bin Laden, he is dead.”
Graham does admit, though, that there will always be doubters and conspiracy theorists. “I think [releasing the photo] would be a smart thing to do, and have it rolled out in a sensitive way, but prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, and some people still won’t believe it,” he told Kilmeade and Friends.
Others on Capitol Hill agree. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., both of who sit on the Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees, conceded in a news conference Monday that it may be necessary to release the photo.
Lieberman said that it was a “very difficult decision” to make, but that a photo release would help to quell doubts. Collins echoed her colleague, explaining that while she has “no doubt” UBL is dead there are some that could peddle a myth that he is alive.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said it’s important to “maintain dignity,” while not inflaming falsehoods and tension worldwide.
Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan told reporters at the White House briefing Monday that the administration is still trying to determine if and what will be released “to make sure nobody has any basis to deny that we got bin Laden.”
Photo proof isn’t the only thing Graham thinks would help prove that the mission was, in fact, accomplished.
“[T]his idea of disposing the body within 24 hours because of tradition bothers me a bit,” Graham said, speaking of the decision to bury the body at sea earlier Monday. “[W]e will be under attack as to whether or not it really was him. And I’m not so sure that was a wise move, I’d like to hear more about that. I think that may have been sensitivity taken too far.”
“I know the Geneva Convention very well,” the South Carolina Republican and member of the Armed Services Committee told Fox News Radio, “but this is a circumstance where I believe it’s not a violation of the convention, it would be in our national interests to make a case, documented case, that this was Usama bin Laden, he is dead.”
Graham does admit, though, that there will always be doubters and conspiracy theorists. “I think [releasing the photo] would be a smart thing to do, and have it rolled out in a sensitive way, but prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, and some people still won’t believe it,” he told Kilmeade and Friends.
Others on Capitol Hill agree. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., both of who sit on the Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees, conceded in a news conference Monday that it may be necessary to release the photo.
Lieberman said that it was a “very difficult decision” to make, but that a photo release would help to quell doubts. Collins echoed her colleague, explaining that while she has “no doubt” UBL is dead there are some that could peddle a myth that he is alive.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said it’s important to “maintain dignity,” while not inflaming falsehoods and tension worldwide.
Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan told reporters at the White House briefing Monday that the administration is still trying to determine if and what will be released “to make sure nobody has any basis to deny that we got bin Laden.”
Photo proof isn’t the only thing Graham thinks would help prove that the mission was, in fact, accomplished.
“[T]his idea of disposing the body within 24 hours because of tradition bothers me a bit,” Graham said, speaking of the decision to bury the body at sea earlier Monday. “[W]e will be under attack as to whether or not it really was him. And I’m not so sure that was a wise move, I’d like to hear more about that. I think that may have been sensitivity taken too far.”
Atlantic International Partnership Headlines: Obama to Visit NYC’s Ground Zero, Calls for National Unity Like After 9/11
http://atlanticinternationalpartnershipreviews.com/?p=14One day after he announced the killing of Usama bin Laden, President Obama said he will travel to Ground Zero in New York City to meet with the families of 9/11 victims.
Ground Zero, the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by Al Qaeda that felled the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, has turned into a rallying site since New Yorkers learned the Al Qaeda leader was killed Sunday during a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs.
Former President George W. Bush also notably visited the site in the days after the attacks in 2001, gave his memorable speech by megaphone to emergency workers.
Obama addressed members of Congress at the White House Monday and said he felt the “same sense of unity as 9/11.” He also thanked the heroes who carried out the mission.
“I know that unity that we felt on 9/11 has frayed a little bit over the years, and I have no illusions about the difficulties, the debates we’ll have to be engaged in in the weeks and months to come,” Obama said. “But I also know there have been several moments like this during the course of this year that have brought us together as an American family, whether it was the tragedy in Tucson or most recently our unified response to storms that have taken place in the South.”
U.S. forces killed bin Laden during a raid on a compound in Pakistan where he had been hiding, then buried him at sea.
Flag-waving crowds have been gathering at the lower Manhattan site of the attack since Obama announced bin Laden’s death late Sunday.
Some local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. were adding security measures Monday, including at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Ground Zero, the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by Al Qaeda that felled the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, has turned into a rallying site since New Yorkers learned the Al Qaeda leader was killed Sunday during a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs.
Former President George W. Bush also notably visited the site in the days after the attacks in 2001, gave his memorable speech by megaphone to emergency workers.
Obama addressed members of Congress at the White House Monday and said he felt the “same sense of unity as 9/11.” He also thanked the heroes who carried out the mission.
“I know that unity that we felt on 9/11 has frayed a little bit over the years, and I have no illusions about the difficulties, the debates we’ll have to be engaged in in the weeks and months to come,” Obama said. “But I also know there have been several moments like this during the course of this year that have brought us together as an American family, whether it was the tragedy in Tucson or most recently our unified response to storms that have taken place in the South.”
U.S. forces killed bin Laden during a raid on a compound in Pakistan where he had been hiding, then buried him at sea.
Flag-waving crowds have been gathering at the lower Manhattan site of the attack since Obama announced bin Laden’s death late Sunday.
Some local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. were adding security measures Monday, including at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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