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

[Billy Jingo]

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


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.

Donning 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.

“The mujahedeen valorously put tough resistance against the troops for hours,” he said in a phone interview Thursday. The dog, he said, carried the rank of colonel and was outfitted with sophisticated electronic devices.

“The dog was of high significance to the Americans,” he said.

[Frostbit]

Wouldn't be good for the dog but that vest loaded with Symtex and a remote detonator would be a lot cheaper than a drone.

Just sayin'

"Praise Allah for allowing us to capture this hi tech dog. Look Saeed, his vest has a light that started blinking" ----- Splat!!

[Adam]

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.

That dog must be one hell of a shot! And without opposable thumbs, even!

[Gingersnap]

I've heard of bird colonels but not dog colonels.

Sadly, the dog will probably be tortured to death on YouTube.

[Novaheart]

I wish we had a government with enough backbone to promise the Muslims that ten thousand of them will die every time they piss us off. And then do it.

[Frostbit]

I've heard of bird colonels but not dog colonels.

Sadly, the dog will probably be tortured to death on YouTube.

That dog had the most submissive body language and facial expressions of any trained Malinois I've ever seen. My nurse's husband is a K-9 officer and his Malinois looks the part. This one looks like it just got rescued from the pound.

[JB]

Maybe The Left will finally come on board in the War on Terror.

[scott]

I wish we had a government with enough backbone to promise the Muslims that ten thousand of them will die every time they piss us off. And then do it.

No you don't.

[Frostbit]

I wish we had a government with enough backbone to promise the Muslims that ten thousand of them will die every time they piss us off. And then do it.

Perhaps that would also be the same government with enough balls to kill all the gays.

[Dallas]

Perhaps that would also be the same government with enough balls to kill all the gays.

Somewhere, Putin is snickering.

~Dallas