Let them eat gazelle

US marines in Iraq are hunting gazelles with rocks and pistols - to avoid having to eat ready-made military rations. The soldiers at a base outside Tikrit say they are enjoying eating the unusual meat from Saddam Hussein's personal hunting preserve. . .

Each of the squadron's platoons has been limited to killing one gazelle a day to make sure the herd is not depleted.

The soldiers have been allowed to use 9mm pistols to hunt after initially being forbidden to use firearms for fear that gunshots in the woods might be mistaken for enemy fire.

Posted by David on April 19, 2003 1:54 PM