released by WikiLeaks Thursday.
The letter, stating it is from
the US embassy in Riyadh, is among about 70,000 documents dubbed "The
Saudi Cables" the whistleblower website published.
They
are among more than half a million cables and other documents from the
Saudi foreign ministry and other institutions in the kingdom which
WikiLeaks says it will release over the coming weeks.
The
letter is signed by Glen Keiser, the US consul general in Riyadh and
addressed to Abdullah bin Laden on September 9, 2011, about four months
after a US raid killed his father in Pakistan after a decade-long
manhunt.
"I have received your request for a death certificate for your father, Osama bin Laden," Keiser wrote.
Legal experts in the State Department advised that no such document was issued, he said.
"This is consistent with regular practice for individuals killed in the course of military operations."
Instead,
Keiser provided Abdullah bin Laden with US court records in which
officials confirmed his father's death and, as a result, dropped a
criminal case against him.
"I hope that these US government documents are of assistance to you and your family," Keiser said.
The bin Ladens are a prominent Saudi business family. The kingdom stripped Osama bin Laden of citizenship in 1994.
Source:AFP
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