Real? Not Real? You decide for yourself
(The Blaze) The “real reason†the White House has yet to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse is because U.S. troops “took turns dumping magazines-worth of ammunition†into the terror leader’s body, according to a new SOFREP report. Citing unnamed sources within the special ops community, the report alleges bin Laden “had over a hundred bullets in him, by the most conservative estimate.â€
Lest you think this is just The Blaze, the article originated at the Huffington Post, which worries about “savagery” from US military personnel
Initial reports claimed two shots were fired to kill bin Laden. While that number climbed in later reports, the claims of “over a hundred bullets” would suggest a level of savagery and, as SOFREP puts it, “self-indulgence” not admitted in prior accounts of the operation. SOFREP notes these actions would violate the Laws of Land Warfare and build on a disturbing trend of alarmingly brutal military behavior that includes graphic evidence of U.S. troops burning and urinating on slain enemy combatants.
But an extreme degree of violence would explain why U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration was so resistant to release a set of photos, for fear of a possible backlash against U.S. interests.
Whatever.
