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What would you do with Osama's body?

By Sean Maguire

After a statement from Barack Obama, it's official that terrorist-in-chief Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S forces. A joyous day to be sure, but there has to be one question that Obama has to answer quickly and clearly.

What are they going to do with the body of the world's hide-and-seek champion (2001-2011)?

For me the most obvious choice for the superpower that was humiliated for a decade, would be to stuff him, put him in a grovelling stance and position him in front of the site of the World Trade Centres.

There would be a beautiful poetry to that, but we want to hear from you.

So the question today is: what would you do with the personification of the United States' greatest failure?

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