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Hero dog helped snare Osama
(UK) Daily Sun ^
| May 4, 2011
| Laura Caroe
Posted on 05/04/2011 8:11:23 AM PDT by Zakeet
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A FEARLESS four-legged recruit joined US Special Forces as they stormed Osama Bin Laden's secret lair.
The explosive-sniffing dog was strapped to an assault team member as they took on one of their greatest challenges to date.
He was part of the operation in which the elite US Navy Seals lowered themselves down ropes from three Black Hawk helicopters into the terrorist supremo's hideout in the town of Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday.
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Heavily armoured hounds — equipped with infrared night-sight cameras — have been used in the past by the top-secret unit.
Wearing oxygen masks, the pooches have been trained to jump from aircraft at 25,000ft, before seeking out insurgents in hostile environments.
The animals will attack anyone carrying a weapon.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dog; doggieping; osama; specialforces; superdog; waronterror
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To: Joe 6-pack
Brave dogs bump, and thanks for the ping, Joe 6-pack.
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:43:20 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Almost as evil as the Freeper Criminal Mastermind)
To: the OlLine Rebel
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:43:29 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: NavyCanDo
“How did they get the CIA guy in that dog suit?”
I guess you never heard of Teddy Salad?
To: Zakeet
Dogs are amazing.
Not sure I could jump out of a plane at 25,000 feet!
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Let's apply the "reasonable man" standard to gun laws. How many would stand?)
To: NavyCanDo
The SEALS job was to get OBL. The CIA’s job was to ransack the hole for info.
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
Marty62
(Marty60)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Please add me to the German Shepherd ping list...one of my very best friends in life!
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:50:00 AM PDT
by
jennings2004
(Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
To: Joe 6-pack
“Airborne doggy on a one way trip...”
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:50:31 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: NavyCanDo
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:54:20 AM PDT
by
Recovering Ex-hippie
(Where is the Great Santini NOW when we need him?)
To: Zakeet
Wearing oxygen masks, the pooches have been trained to jump from aircraft at 25,000ft, before seeking out insurgents in hostile environments.
Serious question.....how do they pull the parachute cord without opposable thumbs?
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:55:58 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Let's apply the "reasonable man" standard to gun laws. How many would stand?)
To: windcliff; onedoug; raven92876
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posted on
05/04/2011 8:57:25 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Joe 6-pack
Great Picture!!! Proud to be an American!! OIF Vet
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:06:16 AM PDT
by
jesseam
(Been there, done that)
To: Joe 6-pack
Hero dog? Hero DOGS is more like it! :-)
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:08:24 AM PDT
by
Immerito
(Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
To: lonevoice
What do the dogs say a terrorist tastes like...
Bacon of course.
To: Zakeet
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:15:11 AM PDT
by
GVnana
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:18:56 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
To: Joe 6-pack
Your pic reminds me of the joke that ends: "But the seeing-eye dog screamed all the way down!"
Sorry, sorry...
Many thanks to the free world's finest - man OR beast!
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:19:02 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: Zakeet
They really did “let slip the dogs of war”.
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:23:22 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Zakeet
Pretty cool! I imagine a sudden attack by a snarling Alsatian, in body armor and wearing a video camera on his head, would be an excellent way to distract a gun-wielding terrorist before storming his hideout.
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posted on
05/04/2011 9:35:50 AM PDT
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I’m guessing the jump is a lot of fun for the doggies.
To: Zakeet
I was watching a slide show and listening to a recording of the mission in the house yesterday and heard dogs barking. I thought that was weird, that OBL may have had a dog. Thanks for posting about our Canine Heros, I didn't think OBL would be human enough to care about, or for, a Dog.
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posted on
05/04/2011 10:08:47 AM PDT
by
papasmurf
(War is hell, but not the worst hell. Having a PRES__ENT comes close!)
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