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Osama Bin Laden Death: Why He Should Have Been Captured, Not Killed

As the White House admits bin Laden was unarmed, Geoffrey Robertson argues that the U.S. missed its chance to take the terrorist alive, detail his crimes in court—and rob him of martyrdom.

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A room in Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Photo: ABC News / AP Photo

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