MM(A)MM #142 --Where's The Video?

     So after the 40 minute firefight resulted in Osama Bin Laden being shot in the head and killed, his body was carried away from the compound in Pakistan on foot (since one of the helicopters had a mechanical malfunction and had crashed), and the body was then taken to a U.S. Naval ship.....

An official at today's Pentagon briefing said the body, once aboard the USS Carl Vinson, was washed and placed in a white sheet. It was then placed in a "weighted bag," and a military officer read prepared "religious remarks," which were translated into Arabic by a "native speaker" who was not further identified.

     Evidence of identification of the body was obtained, including photos, but none was released. And no video is being released of either the body or the burial. But you know it has to exist. I'm a DINFOS graduate. The military has people taking video everywhere. So where is it, any why not release it to prove their case?
     Without video, or at least stills, rumors will begin about the identity of the body. Or rumors that American service personnel were allowed to write obscene F-You messages on the "white sheet" the way they did on the bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII. And was the body desecrated before or after it was washed. Did anyone take an ear as a souvenir like in "Nam?
     You do have to admire the entire burial procedure. The U.S. Miliotary says it used Islamic Law as the reason for dumping the body at sea, which also conveniently solves the problem of  his grave becoming the site for massive protests and pilgrimages.
    An amazing operation!
    And goodby to a mass murderer.
    I would advise the sharks to steer clear of the body. It will taste foul.

[The Monday Morning (and sometimes afternoon) Media Memo is a regular feature of this blog.]

[UPDATE: Some Muslims question the "burial at sea".]

[UPDATE: CBS Report: Will U.S. release photos?]