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Discuss events occurring around the world, relations between countries, or actions of any group or organization with an international focus. 1 Hour Ago: 27th October 2011 02:12   Re: Catching a glimpse of the corpse: Gaddafi vs Bin Laden well the reason the white house gave for not releasing the images of bin ladens body was that they view it as important that the images are not 'floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool.' also they said because of the considerable effort they went through to observe respectful burial procedures it would leave a bad taste if they decided to release the pictures.

Gaddafi was captured by the rebels, the white house or anyone else for that matter had no say in the way he was killed and paraded through the streets

Last edited by Mind Tool; 1 Hour Ago at 02:16. 1 Hour Ago: 27th October 2011 02:13   Re: Catching a glimpse of the corpse: Gaddafi vs Bin Laden Civilians captured Gadaffi, they showed him off until he rotted, something the US government couldn't be caught dead doing. Can you imagine the US making a literal rotting trophy or Osama? You can only shove your weight around so far...
But I also can agree that not even a photo could mean torture or some other mishandling on the US side. Not like Gaddafi was handled very well either.

In summary, I don't care too much about how these people were treated, I care a little bit more about innocent casualties.

(oh & I never doubted whether Bin Laden was still alive, lmao)

1 Hour Ago: 27th October 2011 02:23   Re: Catching a glimpse of the corpse: Gaddafi vs Bin Laden Gaddafi was killed by a crowd of rebels in the culmination of a violent civil war. Bin Laden, on the other hand, was assassinated by a highly-trained military squad whose main objectives were to despatch him and remove his body. Do you really think any one of them would have had a camera phone to hand?

The US was also probably quite wary of allowing him to become any more of a martyr for his cause than absolutely possible - from their point of view, if members of Al Qaeda or their supporters were able to see photos of his body it could set off a retaliation attack.

That being said, I personally think it's in the public interest that information of this sort of importance be available freely. It was a high-profile military victory and it is important that people are able to verify for themselves what they are told by the authorities. Not allowing this tends to cause large-scale distrust of the government and military.

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