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Re: Osama Bin Laden Shot Dead in India!!!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - An elephant named "Osama bin Laden" that has killed 27 people in northeast India, has been shot dead, triggering protests by conservationists who say forestry officials had probably shot the wrong animal.The 10-feet tall male elephant had been terrorizing villagers in Assam state for the past two years, destroying hundreds of homes and trampling scores of people -- prompting locals to name him after the elusive al Qaeda leader.The animal was accused of killing 14 people in the past month. A forestry official said on Sunday "Osama" had been shot dead on Saturday in a tea plantation on the outskirts of Behali town, about 140 km (90 miles) north of Guwahati, Assam's main city."The elephant was killed after villagers identified him," a senior forestry official said, adding the animal could be identified because it had no tusks.Despite efforts by local authorities to hunt him down, "Osama" had evaded them moving from place to place, hiding in forests and tea estates in the northern parts of Assam.The hunt for "Osama", believed to have been between 45 and 50 years old, came to a climax last week when Assam's local assembly ordered a shoot-to-kill directive to forestry officials and a deadline to hunt the beast down by December 31.</div>SourceAlright, who fell for it?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - An elephant named "Osama bin Laden" that has killed 27 people in northeast India, has been shot dead, triggering protests by conservationists who say forestry officials had probably shot the wrong animal.The 10-feet tall male elephant had been terrorizing villagers in Assam state for the past two years, destroying hundreds of homes and trampling scores of people -- prompting locals to name him after the elusive al Qaeda leader.The animal was accused of killing 14 people in the past month. A forestry official said on Sunday "Osama" had been shot dead on Saturday in a tea plantation on the outskirts of Behali town, about 140 km (90 miles) north of Guwahati, Assam's main city."The elephant was killed after villagers identified him," a senior forestry official said, adding the animal could be identified because it had no tusks.Despite efforts by local authorities to hunt him down, "Osama" had evaded them moving from place to place, hiding in forests and tea estates in the northern parts of Assam.The hunt for "Osama", believed to have been between 45 and 50 years old, came to a climax last week when Assam's local assembly ordered a shoot-to-kill directive to forestry officials and a deadline to hunt the beast down by December 31.</div>SourceAlright, who fell for it?
