Bin Laden Buried at Sea

American TV stations revealed this morning that Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea, without revealing the exact locations and circumstances of the burial. “We are ensuring that it is handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition,” confirmed a U.S. official. “This is something that we take very seriously.”

American authorities have not yet published pictures of bin Laden’s body. However, the details of the events that led to his death have begun to surface. I took information about this subject from the website of Le Monde:

CBS News has been given details about the raid, which was led by U.S. Navy Seals. The correspondent specializing in security affairs at the station said that “a team of two dozen men aboard two Black Hawk helicopters” acted under the authority of Leon Panetta, director of the CIA. The American armed forces did not have permission to act in Pakistan …

Residents have given their accounts of the American intervention. “After midnight, a large number of commandos surrounded the property. Three helicopters were flying overhead. Suddenly, gunfire erupted from the ground and up towards the helicopters,” said one resident, Nasir Khan. “There were intense exchanges of gunfire and I saw a helicopter drop,” said Khan, who watched the scene from the roof of his house. Another resident, Sahibzada Salahuddin, said he was awoken by the explosions. “I was sleeping when suddenly there was an explosion. It was followed by two smaller explosions. I opened the door and saw that the entire complex was on fire,” he said.

Thousands of miles away, in a conference room at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Leon Panetta and other officials of the intelligence services were tracking the actions of the U.S. commandos as they happened. “When they were told that the operation was a success, the CIA officials present in the conference room began to applaud rather loudly,” reported a U.S. official.

According to ABC News, bin Laden was found in a compound situated near a prestigious Pakistani military academy. The station stated that the operation lasted 40 minutes. Pakistani authorities had not been informed that American soldiers were on their territory.

P.S. — ABC News has a video that shows the interior of the compound in which bin Laden was found.