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Iraqi Cat Who Helped U.S. Troops Finds American Home
The Associated Press ^
| March 1, 2005
Posted on 03/02/2005 5:52:35 PM PST by kingattax
BANGOR, Maine -- A little Iraqi has a new home in Maine.
H.P. the cat was adopted by National Guard troopers serving with the 152nd Field Artillery Battalion. Spc. Jesse Cote said the cat was starving and toothless when they found it.
But the GI's were able to nurse H.P. back to health. The cat ate and slept with the soldiers and even helped them. Cote said H.P. would be the first to react to mortar fire and was their warning of incoming.
When the soldiers were returning to Maine, they raised $700 to fly H.P. to the United States . No one's sure how H.P. got its name -- but Cote said it could stand for Here Puss
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cat; dogsofwar; iraq; usmilitary
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cool story
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posted on
03/02/2005 5:52:35 PM PST
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kingattax
To: kingattax
Awww, love a good pet story. Is there a cat ping list? I know there's a doggie ping list. No, no ... not the Viking Kitty ping list! Just a kitty ping list for cat fanciers .. we like dogs in our household too and have a few.
To: Ezekiel 34
See PetroniDE. He's the bartender of the Monday Kitty Show, and a good one it is too. Would love to see a picture of the rescued cat.
To: squarebarb
'Monday Kitty Show'? Cool. I need a kitty fix on Mondays. And most other days, too.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:17:09 PM PST
by
Riley
To: Riley
Ask PetroniDE to ping you. It is really fun.
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:22:35 PM PST
by
Springman
(Nuclear Weapon, Handle With Care.)
To: Riley
My kitty's name is Riley.
He lives the Life of Riley, too. ;)
To: kingattax
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:29:58 PM PST
by
A. Morgan
( If I wanted to see Horsesh*t (CBS), I could go out to the barn and see it for free.)
To: totherightofu
I am named after a kitty that I miss very much.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:34:24 PM PST
by
Riley
To: A. Morgan
To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:36:11 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(The alien entity is trying to destroy us with our own stupidity.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:38:37 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: PetroniDE
Are your ears burning? They're wanting to round up the cat fanciers to a nice little story over here.
To: Springman; kingattax
Almost a year ago, April 24th, another Iraqi cat, PFC Hammer, became an American citizen and was inducted into Free Republic's Viking Kittens. This is him last year.
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posted on
03/02/2005 6:48:16 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Honor)
To: Texan5; Laura Earl
To: kingattax; radu
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posted on
03/02/2005 7:07:06 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: kingattax
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posted on
03/02/2005 7:07:55 PM PST
by
Fudd Fan
(MaryJo Kopechne needed an "exit strategy")
To: kingattax
"No teeth". Poor little bastard. It took American servicemen/women to show a little real mercy!
To: Overtaxed
Dang...makes the journey my kitties are about to embark on seem like a walk in the park!
Vey cool story...thanks!
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03/02/2005 7:24:33 PM PST
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RosieCotton
(A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
To: kingattax; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; quantim; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; ...
Very cool - we could use some VK's that speak Arabic.
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