According to this, they didn't bother to wait for DNA test results before dumping the body:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110502/...s_binladen_dna
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Results of the DNA tests should be available in the next few days, the official told Reuters.
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So as of today, this news is based solely on "facial recognition techniques."
As the body has now been dumped into the ocean, no further DNA testing will be possible. We will just have to trust the US government's official DNA test results whenever they become available.