War Dog's Incredible Story of Survival

" Lighten things up a little bit high here more than a year ago the Taliban ambush as well this isn't lighten things up at the top bush and Taliban ambush has Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. In the gun battle. A bomb sniffing -- this bomb sniffing dogs vanishes into the Afghan desert. After months of searching. Everybody gave up hope but now giving closer to the troops an inspiration to others -- is returning home to a hero's welcome."

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" Christian -- is the editor for defense tech and he's joining us right now on itself a little bit about the strikes -- Christian take us back fourteen months ago Saudi is doing -- Well he's he's -- sorry is it is a bomb sniffing dog with an Australian special operations team that they SA gas Australian version that say yes. Date they get ambushed by Taliban insurgents there's a huge gun battle that -- uses. Nine of those SAS troopers and -- wounded. According to reports. They were extracting from the battle and saw the decided to go on her version of a walk about nine deaths and and jumped out the back and wasn't seen for. Mean you've reported this wasn't seen for fourteen months and that's a long time for a precocious who'd like this to be wandering around the desert but then fast forward fourteen months later as you just said. Somebody stumbles upon -- as it it's amazing it's amazing and of course the Blogosphere is chasing its tail right now about what Saudi -- been doing for that fourteen months but -- as. She told us what she does he wants work. -- it she speaks a special. Duke specially coded language that only special ops people can understand but apparently. A US special forces soldier. Noticed her and on a patrol and and did some special commands and she came to him and he could tell that she was definitely not a local Afghan dog and having been to Afghanistan myself. Here's a huge difference between. Clearly. A dog that was disciplined and trained in the in the west as opposed to the dogs that tend work around the compound there which are mostly just for. For sentry duty in and look out dog endorsing general sailing the crystal by the way with the dogs in this dog is real. I mean it was it was a fantastic reunion it did we knew there -- Oh no I wasn't. I've been here ABC rumor covering it you further I thought yet about what happened. I'm sorry about what happened with what with the reunion had and it had -- go down well apparently apparently a high ranking official from the Australian government was. Was visiting. Tree his troops in Afghanistan and and was meeting with Stanley McChrystal it turns out. The special forces trooper brought the dog that remember that this -- been missing brought it back to the basic turn coat which is. In a province just north of Kandahar very very tough top Taliban stronghold area. And it just was coincidental that the Australian minister was there and apparently it was. All smiles and and dog treats -- so where where it's obvious now what was she be doing. Well apparently she's undergoing some some quarantine right now just like with any -- that debris we've heard all -- well. Probably yes she's got a special encoded chip in Denver Paula that has secret information on I don't know they're gonna sneak around wearing a burka are it. She and -- she's being medically quarantine like any pat that's that's been bought from a foreign country to. The United States or Australia or Great Britain or anything like that. The veterinary staff is making sure that she's healthy and not bringing anything. Back home but I think she's sniffing out a sponsorship right now I think it's about it is. -- and cables and -- god forgive him an additional work for. You -- less -- what what better follow up and KSM -- New Yorker -- In the mood and -- the right different now thinking I'd care thank you -- it."