Abused Iraqi dog headed to the US

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SAN DIEGO - It began with a simple act of kindness to save an abused, injured dog from becoming one more victim in the Iraq war.

But what followed for Marine Maj. Brian Dennis and the mutt was a tale of friendship and loyalty that spanned miles and overcame long odds — one set to take a turn Friday with the anticipated arrival here of the Marine’s best friend.

“This dog who had been through a lifetime of fighting, war, abuse ... is going to live the good life,” Dennis told his family in an e-mail from Iraq.

LINK: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23295271/

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1. ...

:applause:

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2. here's the part that makes me cry...

Dennis rubbed antibiotic creme on the wound and slept with Nubs to keep him warm.
“I really expected when I woke up for watch he would be dead,” Dennis wrote. “Somehow he made it through the night.”
Dennis thought he had seen the last of the dog days later when his squad headed back to its command post some 65 miles away. He couldn’t take the dog with him and watched as it tried to follow the Humvees away from the border.
Two days later, while Dennis and a comrade were working on a Humvee, he looked up and saw the dog staring at him.
“Somehow that crazy damned dog tracked us,” he wrote Jan. 9.
Finally safe
But the reunion was short lived. Military policy prohibits having pets in war zones, and Dennis was given four days to get the dog off the base or kill him.
The decision was easy: Nubs was going to San Diego. The logistics, though, were anything but easy.
With help from his Iraqi interpreter, Dennis managed to find a Jordanian veterinarian to get the care and paperwork needed to get the dog to the states. He also negotiated the red tape to get Nubs across the border into Jordan.

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3. I know :)

Here's the youtube story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5q3TIgPwco

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4. And his arrival in ca.

http://www.cbs8.com/video/?startID=118801

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5. What a neat story!

Hat's off to all who made it possible!

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6. The copy. er..uhm... cat thread to this practically writes it's own horrible badself