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Kiem
20-10-2008, 03:06 AM
With all the sad stories coming from Iraq I felt this one has one of the happiess ending ever.....

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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 http://positivepelham.blogspot.com/2008/03/nubs-dog-travels-70-miles-to-reunite.html
Nubs The Dog Travels 70 Miles To Reunite With Soldier In Iraq

This has to be one of the best stories I've heard out of Iraq in quite some time. A Marine named Major Dennis rescued a dog in Iraq who had been severely mistreated (his ears had been cut off and he had been stabbed with a screw driver by his Iraqi owners). Major Dennis nursed him back to health as best he could, but his troop was ordered to leave the area where they were, and they couldn't take Nubs with them. (He named him Nubs because of his ears.)

They traveled 70 miles away through the desert, and miraculously, Nubs found them. By the time Nubs found them, he was in bad shape again having traveled 70 miles in very treacherous terrain.

This time, Major Dennis knew he had to get Nubs out of Iraq. He started an email campaign and raised over $3,000 to get Nubs out of Iraq and to San Diego to stay with some friends until he can be reunited with him when he returns from Iraq himself. Nubs is supposed to be landing here in the U.S. any day now. I'll keep you updated as soon as I know he's here.

pinhead
20-10-2008, 05:28 AM
Great feel good story :)

Seth
20-10-2008, 07:42 AM
Sweet story.

champcar99
20-10-2008, 11:45 AM
thats a feel good story, unlike that ****ing prick that tossed that puppy off the cliff....

buffdaddy
20-10-2008, 01:44 PM
Truly a great story.

420
20-10-2008, 06:50 PM
Awesome story but it saddens after reading this related article. Hope nubs makes it ok.

http://www.getfreshminds.com/2008/10/baghdad-pups.html


A US Solder, held in Iraq over 15 months longer than her original commitment to the Army, saved a puppy some months ago. The puppy was scheduled to be shipped out of the war zone to the soldier's parents in MN by Baghdad Pups, but the military seized puppy en route to the airport. Now the puppy might be killed to punish the soldier.

Kiem
20-10-2008, 07:09 PM
Awesome story but it saddens after reading this related article. Hope nubs makes it ok.

http://www.getfreshminds.com/2008/10/baghdad-pups.html


A US Solder, held in Iraq over 15 months longer than her original commitment to the Army, saved a puppy some months ago. The puppy was scheduled to be shipped out of the war zone to the soldier's parents in MN by Baghdad Pups, but the military seized puppy en route to the airport. Now the puppy might be killed to punish the soldier.

That puppy in the related story is named Ratchet. He has just been picked in Iraq and should be flying into the US anyday.



updated 12:48 p.m. PT, Sun., Oct. 19, 2008
BAGHDAD - Ratchet the Iraqi puppy finally had his day.

An animal rescue group flew into Baghdad on Sunday and picked up the dog, which was adopted by Army Spc. Gwen Beberg, 28, of Minneapolis in a case that highlighted military rules barring troops from caring for pets while in Iraq.

Ratchet was loaded onto a charter flight, which took off Sunday night for Kuwait. He's due in Minnesota later this week.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27267422/#storyContinued

St
20-10-2008, 10:49 PM
Amazing story.

shithead
25-10-2008, 04:49 PM
I shed a tear, but I'm a big animal lover.