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Vol. 15 · No. 128 · Tuesday, 27 October 2026

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Hero dog declines White House invitation

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Trump administration announced this week Conan, the hero canine of the US raid that killed ISIS leader and austere religious scholar Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, would receive a VIP visit to the White House next week. Sources close to the canine report Conan may have other plans.

Conan, a female Belgian Malinois currently assigned to Delta Force, has reportedly expressed displeasure with early reporting from the White House and the media that identified her as both “a good boy” and using various male pronouns such as him and his.

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