Marine, Iraq dog reunited in San Diego

Marine, Iraq dog reunited in San Diego
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SAN DIEGO - A San Diego-based Marine major was reunited on Saturday with one of his closest war buddies — a 2-year-old dog named Nubs.

Nubs greeted Maj. Brian Dennis at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station when the fighter pilot returned from Iraq.

It was the first time the two were together since Dennis' family and close friends helped raise $3,500 to fly the dog to San Diego about a month ago. Nubs wasn't allowed to stay on base in Iraq.

Dennis, 36, of St. Pete Beach, Fla., had spotted the mongrel dog while on patrol in Anbar province and later nursed the animal back to health after finding him stabbed with a screwdriver.


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This image provided by Marine Major Brian Dennis shows Dennis holding his adopted dog, Nubs, near the Iraq-Jordan border on Feb. 4, 2008 . The San Diego-based Marine major was reunited on Saturday March 22, 2008 with one of his closest war buddies — a 2-year-old dog named Nubs. Nubs greeted Maj. Brian Dennis at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station when the fighter pilot returned from Iraq.
(AP Photo/ Courtesy Major Brian Dennis, File)

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I'm happy they're both out of Iraq!

the dog who was starved and frozen to death like the one posted here earlier tonight. I wish I had never read it...it was so bothersome! Now I'm happier... thanks to this thread.

Maj. Dennis is just being a Marine. He brought his buddy home.

I believe this is a reaction to a different, but basically identical story about the extreme lengths we went to to rescue an Iraqi dog:



http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/ See Feb 19 entry.

I am with Raed on this. To be clear, I am not objecting on principle to the rescue of a dog. I am objecting to the celebration of this as propaganda point in the media, without acknowledging that we are letting children starve as refugees, or sell themselves into prostitution.