User blog comment:Dr. Feelgood/BIN LADEN DEAD/@comment-3352209-20110503202135/@comment-1889554-20110506175550

They tried to give the body to saudi Arabia, but they didn't want anything to do with it, plus they didn't want his grave to become a shrine. Because of Islamic tradition, they had to bury it within 24 hours, so they did it in the quickest way possible.