U.S. military rushes delivery of bomb dogs to Iraq

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The American military is rushing delivery of dozens of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq after accusations that widely used mechanical devices are ineffective to pinpoint explosives at checkpoints and other search sites, The New York Times said. “Army Maj. Sylvester Wegwu said the first 25 of 145 trained bomb-sniffing dogs are due to arrive Friday in Baghdad,” the newspaper said. “Another 120 bomb-sniffing dogs are scheduled to arrive in Iraq over the next 12 months in Iraq.” ”We have more requests than we have dogs and handlers,” added police Brig. Gen. Mohammad Mesheb Hajea, who is in charge of the training program. SH (P) 2