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Summary Iran says that it has reliable information that Osama died of disease long before the US raid.
Irans Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi told the reporters, “We have accurate information that Osama Bin Laden died of illness some time ago.”He questioned Washingtons claim that Bin Laden was killed by American troops in a hiding compound in Pakistan on May 1.“If the US military and intelligence apparatus have really arrested or killed Bin Laden, why dont they show his dead body, why have they thrown his corpse into the sea?” Moslehi said.“When we arrested former Jundallah ringleader Abdul Malik Rigi, we showed him and also aired his interview,” the intelligence chief said.He said that by declaring Osama dead, the White House sought to overshadow its internal problems.US President Barack Obama had claimed that Osama Bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1 in a hiding compound in Pakistan.A US official later announced that bin Ladens body was abruptly buried in sea, falsely asserting that his hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.
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