While he was alive, many radical Islamists saw Osama bin Laden as a rival. In death, they are united in proclaiming him a ‘martyr’ to the cause of Islam and painting America as the villain of the piece. Has the US erred in putting him down? As so often happens, a peripheral issue has taken over the Western debate regarding the killing of Osama bin Laden. Whether or not the US Government releases a photo of the body isn’t so important. If Osama bin Laden isn’t dead let him prove it by sending a video to Al Jazeera. The issue is whether or not killing him was a good thing.