President Barack Obama has decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden, he said in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” amid concerns that the gruesome image could prove inflammatory.
Obama’s decision was reported on the CBS News web site Wednesday after the president sat for an interview with the news magazine program.
Releasing graphic images of bin Laden’s corpse after his shooting in a U.S. raid on his compound could have dispelled doubts that bin Laden is indeed dead. The worry, though, was that it would feed anti-U.S. sentiment.
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