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Originally Posted by Ducimus
I don't suppose it's lost on anyone why they shucked his carcass overboard. For one, they can make up any story they want (True or not) about treating it according to muslim tradition. But two, it ends that messy scenario of "what to do with the body?" when on dry land. Anywhere he gets buried is going to be venerated by muslim jihadits. Best to just chuck the animal overboard and be done with it. Not that, that gives the satisfaction that could have been had, if we had buried him the way I originally described.  |
I don't doubt that they followed Muslim tradition. Look at the burial ceremony they held for the Soviet crewmen they found in that sub the Glomar Explorer raised back in 1975.
On the other hand good point about not giving the Jihadis a burial site to revere.