Osama bin Laden (© Getty Images)

Bin Laden's body referred to as 'FedEx package' in top secret emails

11/22/2012

Well, we'll be unable to look at that FedEx truck the same way now. According to just-released military emails, when Rear Admiral Samuel Perez wrote "FedEx delivered the package," he meant that Osama bin Laden's body had been buried at sea. The documents said that traditional Islamic burial procedures were taken: bin Laden's body was bathed, wrapped in a white sheet and placed into a weighted bag as "religious remarks" were translated into Arabic. None of the sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinson watched as his body was "tipped from a board" into the North Arabian Sea. The Pentagon denies that it has any photographs or videos of the body, nor does bin Laden have a death certificate. [Source]

Click to see more on msnNOW.com, updated 24 hours a day.

most recent

Should these details have been released?