At sea. the u.s. saying that that is something that is allowed in islamic tradition. some islamic religious figures disputing that characterization. the idea is to try not to make him a martyr. from his side to make him one. reporter: to be perfectly, perfectly frank, it s not common at all to bury people at sea. i ve lived in this region for 15 years. i don t think of a single incident. i don t know anyone whose parents have been buried at sea. maybe it s islamicly permissible if they were shipping muslims who died on a ship 500 years ago and they didn t want to keep the body on the ship. sure, i can see how that would be acceptable under islamic law. it s certainly not a common practice. it s very important because you don t want to create a more of a martyr of osama bin laden. you don t want to enhance his image that much further. i think the u.s. probably did this. they dropped him off at sea because i can t imagine too many
Why do people buy franchises like big hamburger chains or ice cream stores is because there is a brand name. that brand of al qaeda has shown that it is not invincible. that osama bin laden can t live with impunity popping up like a jack in the box every once in a while and poking fun at the united states and seeming to have this endless stream of good luck. now that luck has run out and i think that will certainly have an impact. these franchises will go on. they might not be as attractive or as flourishing as they were over the last several years. richard, there s been a lot of discussion today about the u.s. decision to bury bin laden at sea. the u.s. saying that that is something that is allowed in islamic tradition. some islamic religious figures disputing that character igs. characterization. the idea is to try not to make him a mart iragainst pressure from his side to make him one. reporter: to be perfectly,
Bank. 184 people died here. greta: indeed. tonight we have bin laden the mastermind behind it. im curious. the burial, do you agree with the decision to quickly dispose of his body at i sea in the course of islamic law? i look at it as a historic event. i understand being sensitive to religion needs like at guantanamo bay you have a prayer rug and get a diet consist went islamic tradition. that makes us a better nation to do things that ou others wouldn t do. i wanted to make sure we have all of the is dotted and ts crossed. i thought that was a quick disposal of a big piece of evidence on the war on terror. greta: i m not sure how much there was in terms of his
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What about was a vindication of an agency that had real pail yours in the past. the u.s. has the custody of osama bin laden s body. officials have said that the u.s. would ensure that the body was held in accordance with islamic tradition. however, there are many warning that this could lead to heightened threats to u.s. to u.s. people traveling outside of the u.s. i think that s true. a number of other people have pointed out. to the extent that there have been threats from al qaeda and serious threats in recent years, they have come not so much from al qaeda central directed by osama bin laden, they have come from osama bin laden s followers around the world, especially in
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