CNN: Hardliners to mourn bin Laden; post-mortem photo release uncertain

Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Indonesia's hardline Islamic Defenders Front will hold a prayer service for Osama bin Laden Wednesday, two days after the world's most wanted terrorist was killed in attack at his compound in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Americans - and the rest of the world - await the possible release of a post-mortem photo of bin Laden, which could both silence skeptics and inflame passions against the United States.

In a text message to the media, the Islamic Defenders Front announced its service will take place Wednesday morning in Jakarta. The radical Indonesian Muslim group is known for attacking Jakarta nightclubs and threatening Westerners, according to Jane's Terrorism & Security Monitor.

But elsewhere, there has been relatively little sympathy for bin Laden this week. Muslim political leaders, like others, have welcomed the news.


The overriding question on many minds is whether the United States will offer photographic proof of the terror leader's death.

CIA Director Leon Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photograph of bin Laden's body will be released at some point, but that it is up to the White House to make the final call.

"I just think it's important, they know we have it, to release it," Panetta said.

A senior administration official told CNN that no decision has been made yet as to whether to release the photo.

en. Diane Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she saw no need to release an image since there is other evidence to prove bin Laden is dead.

"I just don't see a need to do it," she said Tuesday. "The DNA has been dispositive."

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman said it may be necessary to release an image to erase any doubts.

"I've said unless al Qaeda acknowledged that bin Laden was dead, it was important for the United States to release pictures of his body to confirm he is dead," he said Tuesday.

Officials have said DNA matching shows bin Laden was killed.

But the Taliban questioned the assertion.

"Obama has not got any strong evidence that can prove his claim over killing of the Sheikh Osama bin Laden," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed said. "And secondly, the closest sources for Sheikh Osama bin Laden have not confirmed" the death. Keep reading+ (CNN)