Revealed: US Navy Seals took turns pumping bullets into Osama bin Laden's dead body in Abbotabad

New Delhi: After years of searching for Osama Bin Laden, American forces finally caught up with the Al Qaeda chief in a secret compound in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 and killed him on the spot. Americans rejoiced, but the enthusiasm was somewhat muted when the Obama Administration refused to release photos of the killed leader. Though leaders at that time said, Americans did not need to see the man who inflicted so much pain on this nation, a new report has emerged that alleges that the real reason that the Obama Administration had refused to release the photos was because US Navy SEAL Team members pumped magazines-full of rounds into the dying terrorist's body. Citing two confidential sources, The Special Operations Forces Situation Report tells how 'operator after operator took turns dumping magazines-worth of ammunition into Bin Laden's body'. A website known within the intelligence and armed services community goes on to argue that while the Navy SEALs may have felt it was 'morally, legally, and ethically appropriate to shoot the body a few times to ensure that he is really dead and no longer a threat,' that does not justify the extent of this damage. 'What happened on the Bin Laden raid is beyond excessive. The level of excess shown was not about making sure that Bin Laden was no longer a threat. The excess was pure self-indulgence,' author Jack Murphy writes. At the time of the assassination, President Obama and his administration argued that they were justified in never releasing the photos of the dead body or the burial at sea because they could be used as propaganda for al Qaeda. The new theories, however, suggest that they are just trying to avoid retribution for allegedly being excessive. American forces have long been criticized over the last decade for their willingness to go beyond what is considered textbook engagements with the enemy. However, the call for a gentler, softer military has been confronted with a reality that all but prohibits such extraordinary restraint. Whether one feels that the number of bullet wounds afforded the world's most-sought terrorist was appropriate, the simple fact remains that if ever there was a man so deserving of gruesome disrespect, it was Osama Bin Laden.