America's Bravest DogsHow special operations canines –like the one who helped track down Osama Bin Laden – are used in combat

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Updated: Thursday May 12, 2011 | 06:00 AM EDT By: Susan Keating

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Sources tell PEOPLE that the commando raid on Osama Bin Laden included one four-footed "frontline biter" – a highly-trained special warfare dog that may have dropped out of the assault helicopter on a combat descent line similar to this one.