WINDHAM — When Jeanna Getchell heard the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed, she joined many across the county in letting out an audible cheer of joy. As details of bin Laden's burial at sea ...

A government watch dog group announced Thursday that they were suing the United States Navy for failing to give information pertaining to the funeral ceremony, rite or ritual of Osama bin Laden prior ...

RIYADH/DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Clerics in Saudi Arabia, a staunch U.S. ally and the country of Osama bin Laden's birth, dismissed Washington's assertions it observed Islamic rites in disposing of the ...

WASHINGTON -- Internal emails among U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed ...

Navy officials have asked a federal court not to require release of documents concerning the burial of Osama bin Laden because they fear doing so would hand Al Qaeda an opportunity to stir up new ...

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the north Arabian Sea after being washed according to Islamic custom and ...

Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial - as with many issues within the faith - a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard ...

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson was sent to start the air assault to topple the Taliban government in Afghanistan and bring Osama bin Laden to ...

(AP) Internal emails among U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ...