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]

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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]

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]

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