By — P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/week-shortwave-guns-roses-elephants-osama-bin-laden Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter This week on Shortwave: Guns, roses, elephants and Osama bin Laden World May 28, 2015 5:19 PM EDT This week on Shortwave: Guns, roses, elephants and Osama bin Laden The official story of how Osama bin Laden was tracked down and killed has been dramatized by Hollywood, chronicled by journalists and now questioned by Seymour Hersh. On this week’s Shortwave, New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall takes us down the trail that led to bin Laden. Gall, a longtime Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent, addresses journalist Seymour Hersh’s account of bin Laden’s death and provides some insight into Pakistani intelligence culled from her own reporting. » Subscribe in iTunes » Subscribe using RSS Plus, Slash, former lead guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, talks about his involvement in the fight against the illegal ivory trade. An encounter with an elephant herd in South Africa made such a powerful impression on the artist that he co-wrote the song, Beneath the Savage Sun, a revenge fantasy told from the point of view of an elephant. “Elephants are extremely intelligent, extremely emotional and sensitive and aware of living things.” he said. “More so than people probably relate to. So you can imagine the horror of being aware that these people are trying to assassinate you every single day of your life.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia P.J. Tobia is a Foreign Affairs Producer at PBS NewsHour, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the host and producer of the foreign affairs podcast "Shortwave." Prior to this Tobia spent two years in Afghanistan covering Afghan politics, life and the U.S.-led war. @PJTobia
This week on Shortwave: Guns, roses, elephants and Osama bin Laden The official story of how Osama bin Laden was tracked down and killed has been dramatized by Hollywood, chronicled by journalists and now questioned by Seymour Hersh. On this week’s Shortwave, New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall takes us down the trail that led to bin Laden. Gall, a longtime Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent, addresses journalist Seymour Hersh’s account of bin Laden’s death and provides some insight into Pakistani intelligence culled from her own reporting. » Subscribe in iTunes » Subscribe using RSS Plus, Slash, former lead guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, talks about his involvement in the fight against the illegal ivory trade. An encounter with an elephant herd in South Africa made such a powerful impression on the artist that he co-wrote the song, Beneath the Savage Sun, a revenge fantasy told from the point of view of an elephant. “Elephants are extremely intelligent, extremely emotional and sensitive and aware of living things.” he said. “More so than people probably relate to. So you can imagine the horror of being aware that these people are trying to assassinate you every single day of your life.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now