Conan the al-Baghdadi Raid Dog

Conan the al-Baghdadi Raid Dog

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Conan the al-Baghdadi Raid Dog is a dog that participated in and was injured during the U.S. Special Forces raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. A picture of the dog was tweeted by President Donald Trump, who kept the name of the dog classified.

Origin

During the Special Forces raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a U.S. military dog was injured when a suicide bomber detonated a vest.[1] The dog received minor injuries and is recovering. On October 28th, Donald Trump tweeted a picture of the dog, writing, "We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi!" Sources have suggested that the dog's name is "Conan" and it is female.[1]


Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ! 494K 4:02 PM - Oct 28, 2019

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After Trump shared the photo, Twitter users praised the dog. User @Kathrinw5 tweeted, "Roots out terrorists. Gets right back up when he's hurt. Loves America. We rate this dog 15/10," parodying the WeRateDogs account , gaining over 110 retweets and 940 likes (shown below, left). User @EsotericCD stated is was "Trump's best-ever tweet," gaining over 50 retweets and 110 likes (shown below, right). The responses were covered by Daily Dot.[2] Satire site The Babylon Bee wrote[4] a Milkshake Duck parody of the dog, writing, "CNN Uncovers Evidence Hero Dog Sniffed Dozens Of Butts Back In College." A post about the dog received over 410 points on /r/eyebleach.[5]


Esoteric Jeff @EsotericCD quite literally possibly Donald Trump's best-ever tweet exceedingly good doggo. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum...

Declassified Dogs

Other Twitter users parodied Trump's tweet by showing pictures of their dogs, joking that they were "declassifying" the pictures. User @pbump tweeted a picture of his dog, gaining over 300 retweets and 5,400 likes (shown below, left). User @donaeldunready parodied the tweet by showing a picture of a mythical story in which rabbits kill Badwulf of Bedminster, gaining over 70 retweets and 260 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Mashable.[3]


Philip Bump @pbump declassifying this image of my dog 4:25 PM Oct 28, 2019 TweetDeck Donaeld The Unready @donaeldunready We have declassified this illumination of the GREAT AND BRAVE rabbits (names not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in hunting down and killing outlaw leader of Hwiccan terrorist Badwulf of Bedminster mi.purutnmttetur to7-utnocout memillorquoiebar noonnmaaaia Urnt 4:57 PM Oct 28, 2019 Twitter for Android

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declassified dog pics I have declassified my dog Bill @Hokibil GRATeU Declassifying. This is Skippy. He has prevented many UPS delivery terrorists from getting past the front porch 5:21 PM Oct 28, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Keith Sonia @Keith_Sonia DECLASSIFYING this picture of my dog (name also DECLASSIFIED: George). He isn't a war hero, but he does a remarkably good job sleeping like a human sleeps. Kim Bhasin @KimBhasin I have declassified this picture of my dog. 4:27 PM Oct 28, 2019 from Manhattan, NY Twitter for iPhone Lauren Cr ss @LarnCross Declassifying this cat.

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wisehowl_the_2nd

in reply to tman105

Because the dog and its handler just took down a high-priority target. That makes them high-priority targets for ISIS as killing the dog and its owner would make for a morale victory for ISIS. This is common practice for soldiers who make the headlines nowadays.

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