Although top brass is withholding its name, this Belgian Malinois is being hailed as a hero in the operation that ultimately resulted in ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death.
It played one of the most crucial roles in a top-secret U.S. military operation in Syria on Sunday, racing through an underground tunnel and cornering one of the world's most sought-after terrorists faster than any human or robot could.
President Donald Trump, in a hastily-arranged address to the nation on Sunday, called it"a dog, a beautiful dog, a talented dog," and -- though it sustained injuries of its own -- he gave it credit for ensuring that the dozens of operators on the ground completed the two-hour mission unscathed. The president tweeted a declassified photo of the dog on Monday afternoon.
Man's best friends are used in a variety of tactical situations at home and abroad, trained from a young age to complete oftentimes dangerous tasks, including sniffing out contraband and explosives, tracking missing persons and -- as was the case Sunday -- chasing enemy personnel. "The capability they [the dogs] bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine," he said at the time.
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