{"id":413976,"date":"2011-05-02T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/02\/saudi-arabia-rejects-osama-bin-laden%e2%80%99s-body%e2%80%a6-as-us-buries-him-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T07:59:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T07:59:46","slug":"saudi-arabia-rejects-osama-bin-ladens-body-as-us-buries-him-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/02\/saudi-arabia-rejects-osama-bin-ladens-body-as-us-buries-him-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia rejects Osama bin Laden\u2019s body\u2026 as US buries him at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"51.627039627\">\n<div readability=\"38.0416666667\"><span><\/span> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-via=\"vanguardngrnews\" data-related=\"oluboss\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"47\">\n<p>Osama bin Laden, the long-time figurehead of the al Qaeda terrorist network, has been buried at sea after being killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>According to U.S. officials\u00a0 bin Laden\u2019s body would be handled in accordance with Muslim traditions, which include strict rules on burial taking place within 24 hours after death.<\/p>\n<p>Bin Laden was a Saudi national, but officials say\u00a0that the Kingdom was unwilling to have his remains repatriated.<\/p>\n<p>He was killed in a U.S. raid launched early Monday in the relatively-well-heeled town of Abbottabad, near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>CBS\/AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. 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