DESPITE many calls for him to do so, President Obama has so far ruled out releasing photographs taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed by US special forces. According to a few who have seen them, the pictures are graphic and exceptionally gruesome. Bin Laden's injuries apparently include a great wound on his forehead through which brain matter is visible and a large gaping hole where one of his eyes should be. "I think that, given the graphic nature of these photos, it would create some national security risk," Obama said in a television interview. "It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool."
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