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'Stop pussyfooting with Osama photos'

Updated on: 06 May,2011 07:49 AM IST  | 
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Said Sarah Palin to US President Barack Obama for refusing to reveal post mortem pictures of the slain al-Qaeda leader

'Stop pussyfooting with Osama photos'

Said Sarah Palin to US President Barack Obama for refusing to reveal post mortem pictures of the slain al-Qaeda leader





All riled up: Sarah Palin is upset with US President Obama stating the
release of the pictures will put conspiracies to rest. File pics


After resisting for years, Obama released his long-form birth certificate last week to silence those who doubted he is American born. Obama said that he's barring release of the Osama photos to avoid inciting "additional violence" or to have them used as a "propaganda tool." "We don't trot out this stuff as trophies," Obama said.

White House officials added that soldiers abroad could be put in greater danger by releasing the photos.
But Palin, whose son served in the Army in Iraq, immediately countered the decision by tweeting her disagreement. "Show the photos as a warning to others seeking America's destruction," Palin posted on Twitter shortly after Obama revealed his final decision. "No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama; it's part of the mission," wrote the failed 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate.

"No games. Just release the photos and get it over with," said the former Alaskan governor. She added that the president was giving fodder to conspiracy theorists, "especially in some Arab nations." "We are anxious for the photos, the proof, to be revealed so that we can show those terrorists and say, 'We contained [Bin Laden], we contained that hatred and that evil, and we have the pictures to prove it.'" While she differed with Obama on the photos, she praised the president's chutzpah for getting bin Laden. "I think the president made the right call and knew that we needed to get in there and strike hard," Palin said.

At ground zero
US President Barack Obama will try to bury the memory of Osama bin Laden by honoring those who died in the fiery September 11 attacks. In private talks with families and a somber ceremony at ground zero, Obama is out to let New York have its own moment of justice.

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