Military dog captured by Taliban fighters, who post video of their captive

[okaawhatever]

Source: Washington Post

In the annals of prisoner of war videos, this seems to be a first. A slightly befuddled Belgian Malinois appears on a tight leash, surrounded by heavily armed, bearded men boasting of their battlefield loot.

Wearing a black protective vest, the dog wags its tail at certain points and appears more confused than terrified as its captors showcase specialized rifles and a global positioning device with a blinking light they say came attached to the dog.
“Allah gave victory to the mujahideen!” one of the fighters exclaims. “Down with them, down with their spies!”

A link to the video was posted this week on the Twitter account of a user who often disseminates Taliban propaganda. A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said the dog was captured after a lengthy firefight between U.S. forces and Taliban fighters in the Alin Nigar district of Afghanistan’s Laghman province in late December.

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Lt. Col. Will Griffin, a spokesman for the international military coalition in Afghanistan, confirmed Thursday in an e-mail that the force lost a military working dog during an operation in December. He did not provide further details.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/military-dog-captured-by-taliban-fighters-who-post-video-of-their-captive/2014/02/06/c8d0f8f0-8f44-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html?tid=ts_carousel

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This is fixin' to get ugly.

[Burf-_-]

1. yeah.... im not buying it

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Taliban, Mujahadeen , egotistical, religious, dogmatic propaganda. It is as much a LIE as the Christian propaganda many of our soldiers are indoctrinated with. When will both sides learn to see how programmed they are to hate each other because of their ancient desert dogma's.

[okaawhatever]

2. Ommm...did you read the story or watch the video? The Army is verifying that a service dog was

lost in mid-December. This appears quite real.

[Burf-_-]

4. SAD..

.... OK YA GOT ME FOR NOT WATCHING THE VIDEO; however, the point remains... religious dogma is a huge problem.

[LanternWaste]

24. As are imaginary red and blue lines on a map

"religious dogma is a huge problem.."

As are imaginary red and blue lines on a map that exist nowhere but in our minds, and imaginary pieces of credit, and politics... and a host of other imaginary things we predicate our lives and our daily decisions on.

On the other hand, maybe it's simply people that are the problem, as we tend to many of our imaginary constructs to rationalize our greed and temper.

[Enrique]

3. where is your dog now? n/t

[okaawhatever]

5. Are you asking where is THE dog now? I don't know, this video was only posted about one hour

ago. Hopefully the video was made recently and the Taliban will trade the dog for something they want from our government.

[Blue_Tires]

14. *ahem*

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/where-is-your-god-now

[okaawhatever]

15. Oh, ok. I get it now. Wasn't familiar with that meme. Pretty funny. nt

[hugo_from_TN]

12. Good one.

Must use your best Edward G. Robinson voice.

[awoke_in_2003]

30. Exactly...

I always here it with a gangster accent that he used a lot.

[cosmicone]

6. Who let the dogs out?

who? who who who who who?

[Tiggeroshii]

7. I think the Taliban are looking to cash in on the "Cute animals on youtube" market. DASTURDLY PLOT

Lookit him! Wagging his tail all cute! loookitim.. whosagooddoggygivedaddyasmoochy! dawwwww

[zonkers]

18. They will probably treat him well. Poor innocent creature. What a world. I wonder what happened

to his handler.

[MADem]

21. Treat him well? Dogs are haram. He'll be treated as well as a pig, which is to say, not very well.

If they think they can ransom him or get propaganda value for him, they will feed him. But he won't be playing fetch or getting any exercise.

[awoke_in_2003]

31. If the Taliban moves to kittehs...

it will be on like Donkey Kong

[nykym]

8. MAke a call to the

Taliban who captured the dog.
ask to speak to the dog.
Tell the dog Stellen (Dutch for Attack)

[freshwest]

9. This will not end well for the dog. n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. that's my first thought too

[packman]

19. Sadly, I agree

I understand that in the Arabic cultures dogs do not fare well as opposed to cats which the Prophet seemed to have a soft spot for. Although Islam implores their disciples to be kind to all animals (except rats and scorpions in Holy places), dogs are viewed as being borderline and black dogs especially suspect as being evil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_animals

[Sunlei]

10. guy holding the leash better get his finger out of the loop or he will lose it if the dog darts away

The way the poor dog stands & waits, he looks more like a pack dog trained to carry a couple guns and gear.

[KamaAina]

11. Today's Worst. People. In The World!

[Blue_Tires]

13. Release our dog unharmed, and no one will get hurt...

[angrychair]

17. i know its fun to joke

But this animal soldier is as much a member of our military as our sons and daughters. The money, training and upkeep is a very large investment. The injuries they can suffer in the line of duty are no less real. The evil this dog will suffer at the hands of his captors is no less horrific.

POW/MIA until they all come home.

[MADem]

22. +1 nt

[The Stranger]

23. No, I actually think it's worse. Humans choose to go to war and some of them consider it honorable.

Dogs do not have that choice.

[Sunlei]

27. it is upsetting, that country hates dogs. I think the US left all the horses in that country too.

The dog looks like he's been fed over the past month or so. He was wagging his tail at someone there, maybe he's valued more than their local dogs and gets decent care. Has a human friend who cares for him.

Those 'pack' dogs are trained when vest is on to stand quietly and accept different handlers.

Shame the dog got separated from his handler and with guns still attached to the pack!

[byronius]

28. I so agree with your statement.

[EX500rider]

37. Same here..

....I hope they do as much to rescue him as they would for any captured service member.

[tabasco]

20. Just when I thought the taliban scum could go no lower

These fucks need to die.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. So this is worse...

than what they do to women and girls?

[tabasco]

34. Did you mean to say women, girls, men and boys?

Thought so.

To me animal abuse is a special, inner circle of hell, all to itself. Maybe you don't agree. I don't care.

[alfredo]

25. Each dog has an attack command. Let them know the dog's

name, which happens to be the attack command.

The dog is going to die, so let it die as a soldier.

[penultimate]

26. Poor guy... I hope they don't hurt him.

[Eugene]

29. Afghan Taliban capture British military dog

Source: BBC

6 February 2014 Last updated at 17:43 GMT

Afghan Taliban capture British military dog

ISAF officials in Afghanistan have confirmed a military dog went missing during a mission in December last year.

US military sources say the dog belonged to a coalition partner and the BBC understands it was working for British forces.

The Taliban earlier released footage of what they claimed was a dog they captured from US troops.

They said the dog, apparently called Colonel, was wearing a GPS tracking device, a torch and small camera.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26062679

[ellisonz]

33. Send in Seal Team Six!

[Fix The Stupid]

35. Hmmm...

Yes, I'm cynical, but does anyone else see a huge propaganda opportunity here?

US will 'rescue' this dog, send in the seals or whatever, make a huge proclamation, "we saved this dog!, our military brother!, no one left behind!"...

And the wags will eat it up, oh will they eat it up..."See.. our military isn't a brutal force of oppression throughout the world - we SAVED the dog! USA #1!!!#"...

Even my cynicism surpises me once in a while

[warrant46]

36. +1

</sarcasm>