Just remember what GWB's people wanted to do with ObL's body.

[Maine-i-acs]

They were to cut off the head and bring it back on dry ice.

Now, does a burial at sea sound like such a tragedy?

Which would inflame the Muslim public more?

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. link?

[moriah]

2. A few referencing the claim

http://archives.dawn.com/2005/05/04/int16.htm

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/05/sm.01.html

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/us_spy_ordered_to_bring_home_bin_ladens_head_on_dry_ice_-_yahoo_news/

It's amazing what Googling "osama + 'dry ice'" will give you.

[struggle4progress]

3. Dead or Alive: Hunting Osama Bin Laden

by Mary Louise Kelly
May 2, 2005
Gary Schroen is one of the CIA's most respected and experienced spies. Two days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, his bosses handed him a new mission targeting Osama bin Laden: "Bring his head back in a box" is the phrase Schroen remembers ... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4626666


Last Updated: Wednesday, 4 May, 2005, 10:27 GMT 11:27 UK
'Bring me the head of Bin Laden'
... Gary Schroen .... recalled his orders from the CIA's counter-terrorism chief. "Capture Bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back in a box on dry ice," he quoted Cofer Black as saying ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4511943.stm

[struggle4progress]

5. ... My last meeting with Cofer before I left was interesting. He basically said to me:

"I want to make it clear what your real job is. All these other things -- linking up with the Northern Alliance, preparing the battlefield, helping the special forces get in or whatever happens -- is fine. But once the Taliban are broken, your job is to find bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back on ice" ...
Interview
Gary C Schoen
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/interviews/schroen.html

[Taverner]

4. To be honest, I don't give a shit WHAT they do with the body

Since there is no God, no Allah, Mecca is just a fucking rock in the desert, and Mohammed was nothing more than a charismatic leader experiencing hallucinations

So hey! Why not pull a Pershing, and fill his body full of Pig's blood, bury him facing away from Mecca and tell no one where he's buried? It's JUST A FUCKING CORPSE, people!

[11 Bravo]

7. Billions of people disagree with you. That doesn't make you wrong, but ...

it sure as shit doesn't make you right.

[Taverner]

8. Well on one hand we have tons of evidence, mountains of data and literal proof

On the other hand we have an old book, written before we even knew about germs

I'll take the evidence, thank you very much

[johnaries]

10. It doesn't matter what you or I believe. If we piss off too many

Muslims who DO believe it will be a diplomatic nightmare and generate more recruits for al Qaeda.

[Taverner]

11. Ah now that makes sense

And true, that would fall into the law of unintended consequences

[Maine-i-acs]

6. Thank you fact-checkers

I researched this before posting, but am a bit rusty on putting anything but text into the boards.

[The Nexus]

9. Personally I would rather take the head in the box. nt