{"id":39724,"date":"2019-10-28T18:16:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T18:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/28\/injured-military-dog-who-chased-down-al-baghdadi-returned-to-full-duty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:03:30","slug":"injured-military-dog-who-chased-down-al-baghdadi-returned-to-full-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/28\/injured-military-dog-who-chased-down-al-baghdadi-returned-to-full-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured military dog who chased down al-Baghdadi returned to full duty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters Monday at the Pentagon that the military working dog injured during the raid that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/27\/al-baghdadis-death-a-blow-but-isis-has-survived-other-losses\/\" target=_blank>Islamic State<\/a> leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been returned to duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that a military working dog had been wounded during the American commando raid after chasing the elusive ISIS leader down a dead-end tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/27\/islamic-state-leader-leaves-a-legacy-of-terror\/\" target=_blank>Al-Baghdadi<\/a> detonated a suicide vest killing himself and three children in the tunnel with him, according to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley said the dog was only \u201cslightly wounded\u201d and was fully recovering. The dog, he explained, was still in theater and returned to duty with his handler.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/27\/trump-says-al-baghdadi-died-like-a-dog-in-us-commando-raid-in-syria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300512174311.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump says al-Baghdadi &#8216;died like a dog\u2019 in US commando raid in Syria<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Al-Baghdadi\u2019s last moments alive were spent in \u201cpanic and dread\u201d as the ISIS leader was \u201cterrified of the American forces bearing down on him,&quot; and he died \u201cwhimpering and crying and screaming\u201d like a coward, Trump told reporters Sunday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the dog is not being released due to the classification of the unit involved in the raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are not releasing the name of the dog right now,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 100 American commandos launched a heliborne nighttime raid near al-Qaida infested Idlib province, Syria, Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces moving by CH-47 helicopters took fire from local forces as they flew towards the compound housing al-Baghdadi, Trump detailed Sunday. U.S. forces returned fire from the air, eliminating the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley told reporters that two adult males were pulled off the objective and taken into U.S. military custody at a secure facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley provided no other details about the detainees captured during the al-Baghdadi raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdadi\u2019s remains were taken to a secure facility where they were identified, Milley said Monday. The ISIS leaders remains were disposed of in accordance with the law of armed conflict, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Barisha\" class=\"wp-image-30366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19300496112355.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group. 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