Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declassified the name of the military dog which was involved in the raid that killed the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
In a tweet, Trump revealed that the dog is still in the Middle East and will be coming back next week.
The US President said 'Conan' who was injured in the raid will be leaving for White House next week.
Trump's tweet comes after he posted a photoshopped image of the military dog which the news organization Daily Wire's own Twitter account initially created himself pinning the Medal of Honor on the much-beloved hero dog.
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He had captioned the photo, "AMERICAN HERO".
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AMERICAN HERO! pic.twitter.com/XCCa2sGfsZ
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">AMERICAN HERO! pic.twitter.com/XCCa2sGfsZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2019AMERICAN HERO! pic.twitter.com/XCCa2sGfsZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2019
In the latest tweet, he thanked Daily Wire for the photo and said, "Thank you Daily Wire. Very cute recreation, but the live version of Conan will be leaving the Middle East for the White House sometime next week!"
On Monday, Trump declassified a picture of the wonderful US military dog. Pentagon officials said that the dog is fully recovering.
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Thank you Daily Wire. Very cute recreation, but the “live” version of Conan will be leaving the Middle East for the White House sometime next week! https://t.co/Z1UfhxsSpT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Thank you Daily Wire. Very cute recreation, but the “live” version of Conan will be leaving the Middle East for the White House sometime next week! https://t.co/Z1UfhxsSpT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2019Thank you Daily Wire. Very cute recreation, but the “live” version of Conan will be leaving the Middle East for the White House sometime next week! https://t.co/Z1UfhxsSpT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2019
The K-9 which officials then declined to identify accompanied the US special forces during the raid and played an instrumental role in locating and tracking al-Baghdadi at his compound in Syria's Idlib province.
During the operation, the ISIS leader was ultimately killed along with his wife and three children.
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K-9 chased al-Baghdadi through a tunnel at his compound following which the terrorist killed himself by detonating a suicide vest. The nature of the dog's injury was not revealed, but officials underlined that the canine played a key role in the success of the secret mission.
"The dog is still in theatre. The dog, the K-9, the military working dog, performed a tremendous service as they all do in a variety of situations. It is slightly wounded and fully recovering. But the dog is still in theatre and returned to duty with its handler," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley told.
On Sunday, Trump while confirming al-Baghdadi's death said that the ISIS chief had died like a dog and died like a coward in the operation conducted by US forces in Syria.
He also spoke about the canine saying a beautiful dog was injured during the operation.
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