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- JackyAppleJones, on 10/11/2007, -6/+163Don't be fooled. It's really a grenade.
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -13/+146I'm in ur poxets being ur prizzonair ov wor
- Niddik, on 10/11/2007, -5/+109That's the Chinese army's version of the MRE.
/Sarcasm - diabolicdiablo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+94Thats the cutest I.E.D. I've ever seen.
- neferiousrich, on 10/11/2007, -6/+70Future Digg Story: Cute Dog tortured at Gitmo. Impeach Bush.
- Rosamilia, on 10/11/2007, -2/+44I expected to see a pic of Michael Vick
zing! - DOCKAUF55, on 10/11/2007, -2/+38If it takes a puppy to get those guys through the day, I say let em have it. Personally I'd rather see them in one of those new humvees so they don't die but a puppy is probably cheaper
- 007ami, on 10/11/2007, -4/+36I love it! There must be an interesting story behind that picture...
- randomvictim, on 10/11/2007, -2/+34Regenerative body armor?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26I bet he gets all the bitches
- JrGhoull, on 10/11/2007, -3/+25if i owned that dog i would name it snickers...capitian sargent snickers. and he would just ***** rule.
- markperia, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18Its the latest in military technology. We stun the insurgents with cuteness. Who would want to shoot that cute little thing?
- AriaStar, on 10/11/2007, -4/+22Awwwwwww! Puppies are so damned adorable!
- hbeierg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog
- floppyparty, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15That's a cute dog, but on a sidenote, I'm always amazed by the amount of gear our soldiers wear. I hear that you get used to it, but it's still crazy.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14He probably found it somewhere and stashed it in his pocket
- chicagobiker, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Sadly the ending is probably not good. Their CO's don't let them keep the dogs. My friend sent us pictures from Bagdad with his platoon and a whole liter of puppies they found. We asked what they did with the doggies. He said "once our CO saw them he told us to kill them, we shot them all dead and went back to base". Ain't war great.
- robalesi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11CRY HAVOC!!! AND LET SLIP THE ADORABLE PUPPIES!!!
- geneticlemon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Aw. My heart's been ambushed by cute. :P
- gamemaster357, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12its obviously a thermal detonator
- swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Wait didn't Apocalypse Now have a subplot with a puppy that looked exactly like that?
- darny, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8cute until it poops his pants
- spearce, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9while i was there i had no problems putting holes in insurgents but the thought of killing a whole litter of puppies almost made me cry. duality man. duality.
- qsqueeq, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8nice to see that oakley is well represented [in Iraq?]
- r3mix, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9I hope the dog is not used to sweep for mines.
- Saralish, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Gotta train him to be a toughie someday- he's an intern!
- andrewry, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Talk about a run on sentence...
- GhandiBurger, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Does it really ***** matter?
- omio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Thats actually the old gear we wear more, heavier gear these days.
- SanityLost, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Don't berate the soldiers. They don't deserve your anger or spite. Power-hungry leaders start wars, not the man in the trench a hair's breadth away from death.
- Asianwaste, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Ever see Apocalypse Now? There's your story.
- troyfoley, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4thank you adblock plus
- Phr3aker, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6no they dont...iv seen a story about a soldier that was over there and he found a puppy and the dog would follow him and his squad all over then the dog go lost the guy got hurt or something like that and the guys squad members brought the dog to the states and how hes happy
- LightninFast, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3dogs were alive before they found them, right? they survived somehow before.. they cudda just let them go and let nature take its course. live n' let live homie.
- swiftekho, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I took it as leg armor...
- floppyparty, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Dunno how you guys do it.
- Unremarkable, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Is that a puppy in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
- Detergent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3That dog is actually trained to sniff out I.E.Ds...
- cfulp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2My roommate served in Iraq, and his unite had a pregnant bomb sniffing german shepherd. She had puppies, and they didn't kill them.
- Leo55, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2How ironic.
They are bringing a dog to a muslim country that regarded dogs as 'unclean'
Now thats a true weapon of mass destruction. Dogs. - ACrazyGerman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Its Puppy Chow!
- Supernova36, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Bush kills puppies, IMPEACH!
- mattcoady, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Cool it on the submit button there, Michael J Fox
- oblivinated, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Ahahaha you're evil...
- spearce, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2you just named me next dog. brilliant.
- swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I caught that too ....doesn't it look like the same puppy?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"Bang Bang.. Awwwww.."
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Feuer Frei!!! - NonSequituring, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Escape from Iraq: U.S. Soldiers and Their Prohibited Pets
February 21, 2007
By Carly Ikuma
You have to be pretty tough to resist a puppy's face. Even U.S. Marines, among the most trained and battle-hardened combatants in the world, can't always resist.
Lava, an orphaned dog, started his long journey to the United States at an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, one of the most dangerous cities on Earth during the 2004 invasion of Iraq. When Marines invaded Fallujah in November 2004, the last thing Lt. Col Jay Kopelman and the Marines of 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment expected to find was a tiny puppy in the rubble, wagging his tail. But Lava soon proved to be a light shining through the darkness of the conflict.
Kopelman's best-selling book, "From Baghdad, With Love," is more than a timely war memoir, it also chronicles the events that eventually brought Lava to the United States. U.S. service members are strictly forbidden from keeping pets. General Order 1A (GO-1A) is intended to keep soldiers less distracted and military bases free of zoonotic diseases, but the regulation ultimately breaks the hearts of many troops who strongly believe that their adopted cats and dogs are morale-boosting companions.
Humane Society International has heard from many U.S. soldiers hoping to bring their adopted companions home from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other conflict zones. Some soldiers have never had pets before adopting a stray, and many say these animals have changed their lives. Each email, letter or phone call HSI receives conveys an urgency that makes the case for changes—albeit reasonable ones—to GO-1A. In 2005 and earlier this year, HSI offered assistance by setting up a workable situation that would allow responsible soldiers to keep their pets, and to bring them home to the United States when their tours are completed. Vaccinations and sterilization would be mandatory for the animals.
Kopelman acknowledged that his actions to bring Lava home might have broken some rules, but he also pointed out that some of the honorable men and women serving in today's military would gladly go above and beyond to save their animals. He believes the military should allow pets when conditions exist that don't jeopardize the forces.
"An acceptable level could work," he said. "Everyone knows troops keep pets, but some [higher officials] choose to look the other way because they know how important these animals are to the soldiers. There were even two colonels on the Marine base who would put bowls of food and water out for these stray cats."
Currently, few options for getting animals out of Iraq exist. Pam Constable, who directs the Afghan Stray Animal League, provides advice for soldiers in Afghanistan who find themselves in the same bind as Kopelman. But in Iraq, Kopelman said, it's the network of people that made it work. Sometimes the care of the animal will pass from unit to unit as caretakers are sent back to the United States.
"Someone will always take care of them," Kopelman said. He relied on a network of press correspondents, fellow Marines and private contractors to get Lava out of Iraq.
The war in Iraq has produced heartbreaking stories of soldiers shooting strays on orders from their superiors, and troops having to humanely euthanize their much-loved pets with overdoses of morphine to spare them from a bullet, abandonment or starvation.
There are also happy stories. Military Mascots, an organization dedicated to helping service members and their pets, has helped quite a few troops bring their animals to the United States. Though costly and difficult, it is easy to see why Military Mascots takes on this task when viewing the photos of smiling soldiers and their animal companions on their website.
Kopelman's advice to soldiers hoping to bring their pets home: "Don't give up, plan ahead and understand that there might be disappointments along the way. I lived in fear every day that something would happen to Lava. Just be prepared."
Americans back home can certainly help too, said Kopelman. Writing letters to your congressional representatives is a great place to start—asking that GO-1A be responsibly modified with guidance from HSI. The military is aware of these pets, Kopelman explained. They just don't consider it a priority, even though it no doubt provides soldiers with a little bit of comfort and happiness.
"Lava was a hit—a huge stress reliever. Everyone loved taking care of him," Kopelman said. "These Marines are tough guys, but they have soft hearts for these animals."
http://www.hsus.org/about_us/humane_society_international_hsi/iraq_us_soldiers_pets.html - spearce, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2are you kidding. i always threw feces at the enemy. talk about demoralizing.
- afx1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I agreed with your other two posts, but now my mind is changing.
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