reason given for burying UBL at sea was to ensure he didn't have a gravesite for his followers to gather at. Someone who knows Islam and the culture of those living in that part of the world made that information available to those in charge. I do know that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where UBL was born, didn't want his body to rest there -- neither did Afghanistan. So, where else was his body to go? But that is contradictory information. IF they buried him at sea so there would be no gravesite for followers to gather at, why even bother asking Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan to bury him? And IF you did ask them, and they did say "we don't want him", then why not just say "nobody wanted him so to adhere to the 24 hour thing, we had to bury him at sea."? When someone comes up with multiple reasons why they did something, and those reasons don't even fit together logically, then something isn't right. 2007 -- Al-Qaeda terrorists detonate car bombs near Algeria's Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices, killing over 60 people. 2008 -- a series of attacks takes place on several of Mumbai, India's landmarks and commercial hubs that are popular with Americans and other foreign tourists, including at least two five-star hotels, a hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5 Americans. 2009 -- In June two