Report: US Military Dog Tears Into Pitched Gunfight, Attacks ISIS Fighters
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Russ Read
National Security/Foreign Policy Reporter
4:34 PM 05/10/2016
Military-working dog handlers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment train their dogs on attack techniques at Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq, Sept. 1., 2006. (US Marines Official image by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis)
Islamic State fighters became intimately acquainted with one of the more unique weapons in the U.S. arsenal Sunday when a military working dog was sicked upon them during a firefight.
Drawing on anonymous sources, the U.K.’s Daily Star reports the dog was turned on ISIS fighters after a vehicle carrying U.K. soldiers with the Special Air Service (SAS) was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The event is believed to have taken place near the area where a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in combat May 3. After the IED, the SAS troops were ambushed by over 50 ISIS fighters mounted on two technicals (trucks mounted with heavy machine guns).
Just as the firefight was getting dire for the SAS troops, a U.S. serviceman attached to the unit let loose an unexpected, furry weapon.
The serviceman released his military working dog, a fierce German shepherd, on a group of militants. The dog immediately lunged after at one of the men after dodging gun fire, shredding his face. Seeing the fate of their comrade, two other militants turned and fled.
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/10/report-us-military-dog-tears-into-pitched-gunfight-attacks-isis-fighters/#ixzz48L7QObeD
