Osama Shot Dead!

Sharpshooters shot and killed Osama bin Laden in India! This was right after Osama killed a woman near the forest grove in which he was living. Good thing, too. He'd killed fourteen people so far. He was a very bad elephant.

GAUHATI, India (AP) — A killer elephant named after Osama bin Laden by fearful villagers was killed by sharpshooters, officials said Sunday. The animal was blamed for 14 deaths in the northeastern state of Assam.

"A licensed shooter shot and killed the 10-foot tall bull near the Behali forest reserve in northern Assam," said wildlife warden Chandan Bora.

Wildlife authorities had ordered that the elephant be shot and killed by December 31.

The order came after the bull — dubbed "Laden" — was blamed for the death of a woman Wednesday near the thickly wooded evergreen jungle where it lived. The elephant evaded two previous attempts by officials to kill it.

Well, it wasn't quite the good news one would have hoped for.