It seems to me that it's look like an american tradition than muslim))))))
Muslims are required to bury their dead as soon as possible and burial at sea is acceptable if there are no other options. In OBL's case burying him as sea was the option chosen by the U.S. as according to them no country was willing to have him buried on their soil. What they didn't say was that even if a country was willing to accept his body, it couldn't be allowed as there might be a chance that the location of his grave would leaked out and it might definitely have attracted attenttion of the wrong kind. I don't know if that's still the case today but the graves of the Al Qaeda Chechians who were killed buying time for the leadership to escape from the Tora Bora mountains, became a rallying point for Afghans who visited their graves in the belief that their graves had healing powers.
Sir,The raiding party was not un-invited---the mountain range between pak and afg---most of the places you can't cross it flying a helicopter---. .
I will put it this way---even if there was not a single american operative involved and all the work was done by the pak forces---nobody in pakistan would want to take credit of it under the current circumstances----. No one wants their whole familes and tribes obliterated by suicide bombers and madder than hornet al qaeda operatives----so u s sepc forces---enjoy the glory.
So your saying that the raiders were not un-invited and that the raid was conducted with the knowledge and cooperation of the Pakistani authorities?
Well, we'll just have to wait for more reports to appear.
If ISI can sever ties with entity like Taliban (afghanistan) then Osama is just loose change. It was ISI who captured Khaled Sheikh Mohamed, and countless others who were sent to Gitmo... so, why would you give up his associates and not him? Thats like knocking down walls and trying to hold the roof up, it doesn't make any sense and folks need to stop creating fables out of misinformation.
It is a well documentated fact that elements of the ISI even after 9//11 mantained their ties with theTaliban for their own ends, whilst still cooperating with the Americans, it is not a fable. The Palistan army and ISI still contains elements that believe that cooperation with th Afghan Taliban as well as other groups is vital for geo-political reasons as well as ideological.
Are you suggesting that after 9/11, the ISI totally severed ties with the Aghan Taliban and that all intel on the whereabouts of Al Qaeda operatives and leaders were passed on to the U.S. and that nothing was held back?
Moreover, I don't think OBL was going around meeting and socializing with the locals so it makes it harder to track someone down who is unable to move around freely without being recognized. I am sure they had couriers and those who went out for necessary things. God knows best.
It's pure speculation on my part as you've mentioned we dont know the whole truth but I still find it hard to accept that OBL was able to live for some time in that compound without some 'jihadist' elements of the Pakistani army or ISI knowing about it. Yes he certainly wasn't in the habit of socialising with his neighbours and moving around a lot but are we expected to believe that he left Afghanistan and ended up where he was killed without some elements in the Pakistani army or ISI knowing about it?
Afghan Taliban are not problem for Pakistan,
It is hardly surprising as when theTaliban first appeared and gained popularity
Pakistan and Saudi became their main backers. Prior to that, Pakistan's main man was Hetmatyar of the Hezb-Islami, a fundamentalist zealot who spent a lot of his time attacking other Afghan factions.
