Philip Gourevitch: Don't release the photos "The first image of bin Laden that the White House may show us is “bloody and gruesome, with a bullet wound to his head above his left eye.” If it’s released, this is the image that will instantly supplant every other account of Sunday’s raid as the iconic representation of America’s moment of triumph over its most wanted enemy."
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Friday, 6 May 2011 - 5:10pm
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