Dubai: A California treasure hunter claims he is about to embark on a search to recover the body of Osama Bin Laden.
Bill Warren, a career deep sea wreck explorer and diver, says he has backers in New York, Scotland and Chicago who are investing in the search to find the Al Qaida terrorist's remains.
According to the Pentagon, Bin Laden's corpse was buried at sea from a deck on the USS Carl Vinson on the morning of May 2, hours after he was killed in a Navy Seals operation on a secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
"I am doing it because I am a patriotic American who wants to know the truth," Warren, 59, told the US news outlet TMZ. "I do it for the world."
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In the days following the raid on Bin Laden's compound, White House officials said they would not release graphic images of Bin Laden's corpse. During the raid, the Al Qaida leader was reportedly shot dead by Navy Seal bullets to his head and chest.
The special forces troops carried out a preliminary identification of him at the Abbottabad compound as President Barack Obama and other top security and anti-terrorism officials watched a live video feed at the White House from CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Bin Laden's corpse was later taken to a US base in Afghanistan for DNA matching before it was flown to the giant air carrier in the North Arabian Sea.
Radar scan
According to the Pentagon, he was buried at sea according to Muslim traditions.
"The Obama administration should have released the photo, just like we did with Billy the Kid or [John] Dillinger, or even Saddam Hussain," Warren said.
"I have a Russian girlfriend and she tells me that over there, in intelligence circles, they don't believe Bin Laden's really dead."
Side-scanning radar
Warren's boat is anchored in Western Indian waters and he will use side-scanning radar to try to locate the body bag.
According to the explorer, finding it shouldn't be that difficult, and he believes the remains should be in reasonably good condition. He says the corpse is in a rubber-lined canvas body bag weighed down by 200 pounds (90.7 kilogrammes) of lead.
Warren plans to televise his location and recovery of the body, and then take photographs and DNA samples.
He believes the expedition to the North Arabian Sea will cost around $400,000 (Dh1.47 million) and he says he knows the depth and general location of where the burial took place. (Gulf News)
Bill Warren, a career deep sea wreck explorer and diver, says he has backers in New York, Scotland and Chicago who are investing in the search to find the Al Qaida terrorist's remains.
According to the Pentagon, Bin Laden's corpse was buried at sea from a deck on the USS Carl Vinson on the morning of May 2, hours after he was killed in a Navy Seals operation on a secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
"I am doing it because I am a patriotic American who wants to know the truth," Warren, 59, told the US news outlet TMZ. "I do it for the world."
Graphic images
Article continues below
In the days following the raid on Bin Laden's compound, White House officials said they would not release graphic images of Bin Laden's corpse. During the raid, the Al Qaida leader was reportedly shot dead by Navy Seal bullets to his head and chest.
The special forces troops carried out a preliminary identification of him at the Abbottabad compound as President Barack Obama and other top security and anti-terrorism officials watched a live video feed at the White House from CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Bin Laden's corpse was later taken to a US base in Afghanistan for DNA matching before it was flown to the giant air carrier in the North Arabian Sea.
Radar scan
According to the Pentagon, he was buried at sea according to Muslim traditions.
"The Obama administration should have released the photo, just like we did with Billy the Kid or [John] Dillinger, or even Saddam Hussain," Warren said.
"I have a Russian girlfriend and she tells me that over there, in intelligence circles, they don't believe Bin Laden's really dead."
Side-scanning radar
Warren's boat is anchored in Western Indian waters and he will use side-scanning radar to try to locate the body bag.
According to the explorer, finding it shouldn't be that difficult, and he believes the remains should be in reasonably good condition. He says the corpse is in a rubber-lined canvas body bag weighed down by 200 pounds (90.7 kilogrammes) of lead.
Warren plans to televise his location and recovery of the body, and then take photographs and DNA samples.
He believes the expedition to the North Arabian Sea will cost around $400,000 (Dh1.47 million) and he says he knows the depth and general location of where the burial took place. (Gulf News)
