DNA testing for Usama Bin Laden

[xstitcher]

How can the DNA testing already be done when everywhere I asked on Google it says it takes 5 to 10 days in the best of cases?

Why did they get rid of the body so quickly (forget religious reasons) ?

I just don't know if the fact that he is dead is true.

[Count-A-Strong]

Usama and Osama both dead! Crikey.

[dotty.]

They must have developed a testing system that worked for them, they knew who they were looking for, they knew they would find him, they just needed a match to the sister, they didn't have to search alot of samples

[netibiza]

They do not want a funeral or a final resting place which would cause more trouble, apparently!

[anagram]

Your post certainly got me thinking....are the Americans trying to convince us they got the right man? But wouldn't Bin Laden have issued a rebuttal by now..'Here I am, that wasn't me' kind of statement? As for getting rid of the body so quickly...a good idea I feel, they wouldn't want to risk his supporters getting hold of it and trying to make him even more of a martyr than he already is for them. I sincerely hope that the Americans did get the right man.

[netibiza]

No rebuttal but probably a bombing somewhere!

[anagram]

Oh I'm sure there will be retaliatory strikes somewhere in the world....aimed at the US probably. Al Qaeda won't cease to exist without Bin Laden unfortunately. No doubt there will be more than one man ready to step into his shoes.

[jno]

Al Qaeda isn't like Marks and Sparks, needing a CEO at the top. It's more like the IRA used to be (maybe still is), a collection of loose cells with as llittle connection with one another as possible. It will go on as long as adherents want it to, but without Bin Laden's money it may not be as effective.

[Cowtipper]

He was the poster boy for success in terrorism. They'll need a replacement. Some nice looking pics on Al Jazeera. Its too bad he was a putz. http://english.aljazeera.net/

[dr b]

This provides an answer to the IDing/DNA testing question:

http://news.yahoo.com...e_us/us_bin_laden_dna

[xstitcher]

I really enjoyed reading all of your answers. The Isreali minister of defence said on Sky News that the world is now a safer place..........is he stupid or am I??? I'm sure there will be retailiations coming. I also agree that it was good to get rid of the body but just wish it hadn't be soon quickly.

Thanks for all you well thought out answers. They were all good.

[xstitcher]

Oh, by the way I saw it spelled as Usama on Sky News today and thought my earlier spelling Osama was wrong..............

[Marijn]

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[Marijn]

Whoops! It's called "welcome to weight loss and dieting".

[Katie~77]

What do you make of this? I really don't know what to believe.

[Katie~77]

Damn it! Type "Benazir Bhutto Osama Bin Laden" into YouTube

[Marijn]

I'm glad it made you chuckle. . .but I don't know why it did.