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Over three years after terror group al-Qaeda
chief Osama bin Laden was killed by the US
special forces in Pakistan's garrison town of
Abbottabad, a new book says his body was
kept in a heavy black bag with 300 pounds of
iron chain and then dropped into the sea.
In his memoir, former Central Investigation
Agency (CIA) director and Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta says that after Osama was shot
dead on May 2, 2011, the body of the world's
most wanted terrorist was transported by the
US marines flying an Osprey to waiting aircraft
carrier USS Carl Vinson for his burial in the
sea.
"Bin Laden's body was prepared for burial
according to Muslim traditions, draped in a
white shroud, given final prayers in Arabic, and
then placed inside a heavy black bag," Panetta
writes in 'Worthy Fights: A Memoir of
Leadership in War and Peace' which hit the
bookstores on Tuesday.
"Three hundred pounds of iron chains were put
inside as well, to ensure that the body would
sink," he writes.
"The bagged body was placed on a white table
at the rail of the ship; the table was tipped
over to drop the body into the sea. It was so
heavy that it dragged the table in with it. As
the body sank quickly out of sight, the table
bobbed on the surface," Panetta says without
identifying the location.
Osama's body was dropped into sea with 300 pounds of iron chains
chief Osama bin Laden was killed by the US
special forces in Pakistan's garrison town of
Abbottabad, a new book says his body was
kept in a heavy black bag with 300 pounds of
iron chain and then dropped into the sea.
In his memoir, former Central Investigation
Agency (CIA) director and Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta says that after Osama was shot
dead on May 2, 2011, the body of the world's
most wanted terrorist was transported by the
US marines flying an Osprey to waiting aircraft
carrier USS Carl Vinson for his burial in the
sea.
"Bin Laden's body was prepared for burial
according to Muslim traditions, draped in a
white shroud, given final prayers in Arabic, and
then placed inside a heavy black bag," Panetta
writes in 'Worthy Fights: A Memoir of
Leadership in War and Peace' which hit the
bookstores on Tuesday.
"Three hundred pounds of iron chains were put
inside as well, to ensure that the body would
sink," he writes.
"The bagged body was placed on a white table
at the rail of the ship; the table was tipped
over to drop the body into the sea. It was so
heavy that it dragged the table in with it. As
the body sank quickly out of sight, the table
bobbed on the surface," Panetta says without
identifying the location.
Osama's body was dropped into sea with 300 pounds of iron chains
