On Saturday , Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi was bolt down during a two - 60 minutes armed services operation carried out by US special forces , terminate a long hunting for the ISIS loss leader .
During the raid , there were reputation of a wienerwurst – part of the Army Delta force – being injured by electrocution , according to CNN . The dog – a Belgian Malinois – was taken to be treated for injuries , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milleyconfirmed in a press league on Monday , lend that they ca n’t discover any more point about the frank at this time .
" We ’re not releasing the name of the dog right now . The weenie is still in theater . The wienerwurst , the K-9 , the military working dog , perform a tremendous service as they all do in a smorgasbord of place . "
Not release the frankfurter ’s name may seem left – we ’d stake a supposition the hot dog would respond to " here boy " – but Ron Aiello , president of the United States War Dogs Association , told The Guardianit ’s done as a security precaution in the same manner that you would n’t identify human troops who took part in the foray , adding " there could be revenge " .
As an extra bizarre place - handwriting , it has in brief turn Donald Trump into a unearthly military edition of theWe Rate Dogsaccount , after he tweeted out a " declassified " picture of the dog , and praised it abundantly .
" We have declassified a picture of the terrific cad ( name not declassified ) that did such a swell JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS , Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi ! " he nip .
People are , of path , praising the dog .
Although many other people are confused as to why he ’s happytweeting potentially classified satelite imagerythat could reveal US military satelite capabilities , but draw the line at uncover a dog ’s name .
Our favourite thing to add up out of this ( other than hopefully stemming ISI action , of trend ) is a raw meme : People declassifying images of their dog . ride back and bask some of our preferred doggos , now that they have at last been declassify .