Occupation Soldiers Ordered To Execute Cute, Friendly Iraqi Puppy
It's against the rules for U.S. soldiers in Iraq to have pets, but the skinny black puppy that wandered up to the Florida National Guard soldiers at a base in northern Iraq wouldn't go away. So the soldiers from Alpha Co. of the 2nd Battalion of the 124th Infantry Regiment adopted the mutt and named her Apache after their radio call sign.
But Army regulations finally caught up with Alpha Co. and Apache. Family members said Wednesday that the soldiers were eventually forced to obey orders and have the dog killed.
AUGH! That's horrible. And sad. :( How awful for the soldiers.
Best headline ever.
"Give us your oil or this puppy dies!"
it would have been even better if the title you made up really was the title of the article
That's always the case.
I kinda like this one too.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sns-ap-iraq-new-embassy,0,1474513.story
Way to keep up morale. Some of the British troops in Bosnia were also adopted by local dogs, and their commanding officers tried ordering the troops not to put food out for them, at which point the civilian chef took over doing it and the officers turned a blind eye. Much more civilised.
Simply replace "puppy" with "local" ...
I seem to remember watching a history channel special about the army's use of trained dogs in Vietnam, for sniffing out sabateurs, bombs, etc. From what the story said, the dog handlers worked for entire tours of duty with their dogs, and then they were not allowed to take them back to the states for health reasons and had to kill them. Not cool.
-J
Just asking.
That dog is a terrorist.
You should see what he did to their combat boots.
He looked more like a Terrierist to me.