Jul 01 2009
Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Deploy In Afghanistan
Roadside bombs pose the greatest threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Marines are employing a new tool, a four-legged variety, to detect the deadly devices.
Increasingly, insurgents are using massive homemade explosives — which can be as simple as buried plastic jugs packed with a deadly mix of fertilizer and fuel, and contain little metal. The keen nose of a trained dog can find the bombs that a metal detector cannot.
At Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, the Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan’s south, bomb-sniffing dogs and their handlers are doing last-minute drills, like the rest of the Marines at the base.
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