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Obama defends bin Laden sea burial as 'respectful'

By REUTERS

MAY 6, 2011 01:08

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama said American forces were "respectful of the body" of Osama bin Laden when they buried his remains at sea, despite criticism from some Muslim clerics that it violated Islamic practice.

"We took more care on this than, obviously, bin Laden took when he killed 3,000 people. He didn't have much regard for how they were treated and desecrated," Obama told CBS's "60 Minutes" program, referring to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that the al-Qaida leader masterminded.

"But that, again, is something that makes us different. And I think we handled it appropriately," Obama said, according to an advance excerpt of an interview that will air in full on Sunday.

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