World News Headlines from Reuters UK U.S. troops slay four escaped Iraqi lions
By Rosalind Russell
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Crazed with hunger, four lions in Baghdad zoo escaped from their enclosures at the weekend and were shot dead by U.S. troops.
The lions, who hadn't been fed for days, clawed their way out of their outdoor pen through a crumbling wall, and two of them made a charge for American soldiers, said Sergeant Matthew Oliver.
"Two of them charged our guys," said Oliver of the 3rd Infantry Division. "We had to take them down."
By Rosalind Russell
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Crazed with hunger, four lions in Baghdad zoo escaped from their enclosures at the weekend and were shot dead by U.S. troops.
The lions, who hadn't been fed for days, clawed their way out of their outdoor pen through a crumbling wall, and two of them made a charge for American soldiers, said Sergeant Matthew Oliver.
"Two of them charged our guys," said Oliver of the 3rd Infantry Division. "We had to take them down."
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