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DNA hunt for Bin Laden

12 April 2012

The Pentagon has asked relatives of Osama bin Laden to provide DNA samples as it carries out tests on the body of a man killed in Afghanistan, it emerged today.

The man, who was killed by a missile launched from a CIA Predator drone plane, was picked out because he resembled a description of Bin Laden as a tall man surrounded by an entourage.

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