Before Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest, he was being chased through a tunnel by a U.S. officer who is being celebrated as a crucial part of the top-secret mission that ended in the demise of one of the world’s most wanted terrorist leaders.
That officer is a dog.
The dog, whose name and backstory are being kept under wraps for now, was a tremendous service in the operation that targeted Baghdadi. The canine was slightly wounded in the mission but is making a full recovery.