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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
READY FOR COMBAT
Some 600 dogs currently are on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, working alongside combat troops. They can chase, attack, sniff out explosives or people, and intimidate the enemy.
