The reason why you have never seen pictures of bin Laden dead

It is not entirely clear which of the members of Team 6 of the Navy SEALs fired the fatal shot at Osama bin Laden. Two soldiers, Matthew Bissonnette and Robert O'Neill, vie for one of the most wanted deaths in US history. One of them, Robert O'Neill, told his version in a book entitled "The Operator."

According to his own version, O'Neill walked a few steps behind his SEAL companions (acronym for sea (sea), air (air) and land (land), where this group is able to operate), looking for the A three-story house where bin Laden lived in Abottabad (Pakistan).


Former Commandant Rob O'Neill

On the second floor, they noticed bin Laden's son, Khalid, who was armed with an AK-47. "Khalid, come here," whispered the SEALs. He showed his head and was shot dead in the face. Then O'Neill, accompanied by another soldier, went up to the third floor. They invaded bin Laden's room, and one of the military immediately arrested two women, assuming they could use explosive belts. Meanwhile, O'Neill shot the founder of al-Qaeda.

In less than a second, I pointed to a woman's right shoulder and pulled the trigger twice. Bin Laden's head popped open and he fell to the ground. I threw another bullet in his head to be safe, "O'Neill writes in his book, quoted by the New York Daily News.

Shortly afterwards, the US government triumphantly announced the success of Operation Geronimo. However, real photographs of bin Laden's body have never been released.

Another article posted on the Sofrep website, written by former military and political scientist Jack Murphy, explains why. According to him, the state of bin Laden's body put into question the reputation of the US military: Murphy says that after killing bin Laden, the soldiers fired a large quantity of ammunition at his body, leaving at least 100 bullet.

"Under the Land War Laws, a soldier has every right to make a few shots on his target after it has fallen. Whenever the enemy does not surrender, it is moral, legal, and ethical to shoot the body a few times to To make sure he's really dead and no longer a threat. But what happened in the bin Laden attack was excessive, "Murphy writes.

"The image is likely to cause an international scandal, investigations could uncover other operations and activities, and many would do anything to keep them hidden," concludes the expert.