Today President Obama announced that a photo will not be released.
The below photo is the second prominent fake post-mortem shot that's been flying around the internet.
WARNING: graphic
The below photo is the second prominent fake post-mortem shot that's been flying around the internet.
WARNING: graphic
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The inclusion of even a partially viewable U.S. serviceman brought this photo into immediate question. Also, that bullet wound is above the right eye and previous reports indicated that bin Laden was shot above the left eye. Last, it was previously reported that the photo was not going to be released because his "skull was blown apart".
The previously purported bin Laden 'death photo', which rocketed around the internet but proved to be a fake can be found here.
Update: A senior U.S. official also says the White House received 3 sets of photos yesterday. The photos included:
1. Photos of OBLs body at a hangar after he was brought back to Afghanistan. This is the most recognizable with a clear picture of his face. The picture is gruesome because he has a massive open head wound across both eyes. It’s very bloody and gory.
2. Photos from the burial at sea on the USS Carl Vinson. Photos of OBL before the shroud was put on and then wrapped in the shroud.
3. There are photos of the raid itself that include photos of the two dead brothers, one of OBLs dead son (adult adolescent, maybe approx 18 yrs old) and some of the inside scene of the compound.
The official says the challenge is that the picture that includes the most recognizable image of OBLs face – from the hangar in Afghanistan – is so gruesome and mangled its not appropriate for say the front page of the newspaper. On the other hand, this is the one that is most identifiable as him. (courtesy of CNN)
Update: A senior U.S. official also says the White House received 3 sets of photos yesterday. The photos included:
1. Photos of OBLs body at a hangar after he was brought back to Afghanistan. This is the most recognizable with a clear picture of his face. The picture is gruesome because he has a massive open head wound across both eyes. It’s very bloody and gory.
2. Photos from the burial at sea on the USS Carl Vinson. Photos of OBL before the shroud was put on and then wrapped in the shroud.
3. There are photos of the raid itself that include photos of the two dead brothers, one of OBLs dead son (adult adolescent, maybe approx 18 yrs old) and some of the inside scene of the compound.
The official says the challenge is that the picture that includes the most recognizable image of OBLs face – from the hangar in Afghanistan – is so gruesome and mangled its not appropriate for say the front page of the newspaper. On the other hand, this is the one that is most identifiable as him. (courtesy of CNN)
This pic is a fake, has been extracted from another fake and repositioned into this image.
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ReplyDeleteCIA Director Panetta stated late yesterday that an official photo should be forthcoming today.