Conan the Dog, Injured in Baghdadi Raid, Gets White House Visit
The Pentagon on Wednesday released video excerpts from the raid inside Syria,
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. military working dog who was part of the raid that ended in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, will get a hero’s welcome from President Donald Trump at the White House.
Trump, who earlier had said the dog’s name was classified, revealed in a Twitter post that the Belgian Malinois is called ‘Conan’. The dog “will be leaving the Middle East for the White House sometime next week,” he said in the post, which showed an altered photo of the president giving the animal a medal.
Conan, who was hurt in the raid, has returned to active duty, the Pentagon said earlier this week.
The Pentagon on Wednesday released video excerpts from the raid inside Syria, during which the Islamic State terrorist leader detonated a suicide vest in a tunnel. U.S. military officials have so far not confirmed Trump’s public assertion that Baghdadi was “whimpering and crying and screaming” when he was cornered, moments before he died.
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