Dialogue of the Barracudas of the Arabian Sea, Op 266

The corpse of Osama was dropped by the US Navy somewhere in the Arabian sea, after he was dispatched by Delta Force near Islamabad, Pakistan, off the coast of India (timpani) on May 2 2011... When it is dropped, three barracudas see it coming down. The barracudas debate (three separate choral fonts) argue among themselves about the fact that a long beard is difficult to chew through, and that there is a gaping hole in the side of the body's head with goo coming out. One barracuda even brings up the fact that Greenpeace should be contacted because dumping toxic waste like this body might be an environmental hazard. In the end they all feast on the corpse, with one barracuda saying at the end how tasty it was.