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Troops Shoot Tiger in Baghdad Zoo!
as-Salam 'alaykum!
Apparently the American troops in Iraq are not 
satisfied with raiding people's houses; they must also 
invade the Baghdad Zoo to molest the animals.  At 
least one American apparently paid a price.
Wa-s-salam!
Eric
Texas
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[Translated from Arabic.]
Al-Quds al-Arabi, London, Saturday, 20 September 2003.
Uday's tiger bites off the hand of American soldier.
Baghdad: QNA: A tiger that previously belonged to Uday 
Saddam Hussein, the son of the deposed Iraqi 
President, bit off the hand of an American soldier 
an act that cost the tiger his life when ten American 
soldiers opened fire on his cage.
The American soldier was teasing the tiger, then in 
the Baghdad Zoo, when suddenly the tiger attacked the 
soldier and took off his hand.
The director of the Zoo affirmed that the American 
soldiers do not have the right to kill the animals, in 
particular since this one was of a rare breed.  He 
said that he would be forming a committee to 
investigate the incident, which occurred last night.
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