Fidel, Meshaal criticise way Osama was killed

Fidel Castro has criticised the United States for the manner in which its forces killed Al Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden, saying it executed him in front of his family.

Castro says in an opinion piece published Thursday in Cuban media that the raid inside Pakistan by a team of US Navy Seals also violated that country's laws and offended its dignity.

The former Cuban leader says he abhors all forms of terrorism. He notes that he expressed solidarity with the United States despite decades of political differences following the September 11, 2001, attacks.

But the 84-year-old revolutionary says the decision to kill bin Laden and bury him at sea "has turned him into a much more dangerous man."

Khaled Meshaal, head of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, also criticised on Thursday the way in which Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos and then buried at sea.

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