New Yorkers Fantasize About What They'd Do With Bin Laden's Body

After US armed forces found and killed Osama bin Laden, they reportedly buried his body at sea. And though the Telegraph says bin Laden's body was treated "according to Islamic custom, which would have meant it being washed and shrouded by Muslims," the watery burial was most likely done to avoid a shrine to the terrorist being built around his grave. However, the Post spoke to some New Yorkers with their own ideas about how bin Laden's burial should have gone. Here are some choice quotes:

"Hang his body from the Empire State Building."

"I'd put the body in a plane without a pilot and crash it into the Victory Arch [in Baghdad]."

"I'd bronze it and stick it in Central Park!"

"I'd throw it in the middle of this mob right now, let them deal with it."

"I am Muslim. I would cremate him because he is not a good Muslim. We should burn his body in New York. Muslims are not supposed to be cremated. It is against our religion."

AP reports that a DNA sample has proved with 99.9 percent confidence that the body was bin Laden's, and there are reportedly "photographs of the body with a gunshot wound to the side of the head that shows an individual who is not unrecognizable as bin Laden." But the "deathers" are out in full force already, questioning why his body was disposed of so quickly. Former British Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer said, "I think we will see some evidence—DNA or photographic—to prove there is not still some phantom Osama bin Laden riding the Tora Bora mountains." And nothing can be done until we have his long-form death certificate. Until then, Americans can continue to imagine how they'd like it defiled. Invasive TSA search, anyone?

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By Jaya Saxena in News on May 2, 2011 11:51 AM

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Miles Bader

Isn't head-on-pike-adorning-the-city-walls the traditional way of dealing with these things?

Guest

I think they should give his body to Stone & Parker. They could use it as a puppet in the next Team America movie.

Oh, and they should draw a picture of Mohammed on a t-shirt and put it on him.

newUsername

drag him from times square to the wtc...

Prancing Papio

LOL @ shrouded by "Muslims". Muslins, not Muslims!

blindmalice

Every politician, World Trade Center family member, and conspiracy idiot is now scrambling to get in front of any available camera and microphone. And of course, they are ALL available. This will turn into the inevitable media circus shitshow that is the ultimate result of anything noteworthy these days. Its already a sad spectacle.
But ya gotta give a hand to those fierce military fighters who took his ass out. (or did they....)

Farax Shirwac

New Yorkers are sick people I gather.

Peanut_Butter

You gather sick people?

Guest

only if they're new yorkers

marco_esquandolas

They should nail his skull to the Freedom Tower.

TeddyNYC

Is Osama the next Elvis, with sightings of him all over the world? They should have brought his body here before they disposed of it.

Peanut_Butter

They need to show his long form death certificate. (I can't take credit; someone posted this on the other thread.)

Peanut_Butter

Hey Osama, how are the virgins?

TeddyNYC

You mean the 72 male virgin geeks (like in the Family Guy episode).

Peanut_Butter

Hang it up next to some roast pork in Noodletown's window.

HypocraticOath

I vote for wrapping the body in bacon and throwing it into whatever area of the US is featured on the show "Wild Hogs."

That was some gleeful bloodlust. I feel dirty.

Peanut_Butter

ooohhh...you bad person you...

petey2

The only kind of islamic death tradition that I'm aware is either blowing themselves up, or beheading.

TheGreatCommie

"I'd throw it in the middle of this mob right now, let them deal with it"

The idiots on the street would back away from the body and start weeping while making sure their hair and $200 skinny jeans are intact.

masterjarvis

most likely that will be the best comment of the week and its only monday

B.F. Cohen

They dumped his body in the Ocean. Are you kidding me? I hope that report is bogus. The corpse needs to be shamed like Pablo Escobar's at the very least.