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Treasure Hunter Wants To Find Bin Laden's Body With ROV

Posted by samzenpus on from the davey-jones'-money-locker dept.

Kittenman writes "Slate is carrying some details of how eccentric treasure hunter Bill Warren is proposing looking for the body of Osama Bin Laden in the Arabian sea. He plans on using sonar, and a remotely operated submersible. If he finds the remains, he'll photograph them to confirm Bin Laden's death to the world. Warren says, 'There is still a $25 million reward that no one has collected, and the reward says dead or alive, well, if -- in fact -- he is dead, then I could collect the $25 million reward. Why not?'"

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  1. Kind of reminds me of this guy by Nidi62 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gritz Back in the 80s, US special forces were going to rescue POWs that were still being held in Vietnam. They tried twice, and both times as soon as they were getting close to launching the raids, Bo Gritz popped up, did a little boasting and ego stroking, and got the missions cancelled. This guy is directly responsible for the deaths of those prisoners. Anyway, whenever I see Slate stroking his own ego, I can't help but think of Gritz. At least Slate isn't getting anyone killed though.

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  2. Air France flight by Nidi62 · · Score: 3, Informative

    They were able to find, recover and identify roughly 70 bodies 2 years after the plane went down. So, it would be possible if he found it fairly quickly. However, I think this guy is an idiot and nothing more than a publicity seeker. Of course the $25million reward no longer stands. The government found him and killed him. And they know where the body was dumped as well. Those coordinates are just highly classified. You can't find what isn't lost or missing.

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    The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
  3. Interview of Bill Warren being owned by Cobalt+Jacket · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is an interview with Bill Warren on The Roe & Roeper radio show on Chicago's WLS-AM station. http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=2213142&spid=37724 If you want to skip past the B.S., just listen to to the last four minutes where a professional salvage operator completely shows him up.

  4. Islam and burial at sea by brokeninside · · Score: 3, Informative

    Burial at sea is fine for Muslims. In this particular context the important bit is most likely this bit: " if an enemy may dig up the grave to mutilate the body, it is also allowed to bury the deceased at sea to avoid mutilation." (And if you don't trust Wikipedia on the matter, go to their source: Rules About Burial of the Dead Body.)

    Given all the comments I've seen that he ought to have been buried in a box of pork chops, I think it's fair to say that this was a real concern.