Originally Posted by acrylix

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



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.