<<<<In a message dated 2/23/2007 10:22:12 AM Central Standard Time, Falkrigia@xxxxxxx writes: My friend has written back saying that he has forwarded it to his contacts but that there are questions as to the legitimacy of the post and as to the owership of the dogs? Has anyone verified its legitmacy? He says the dogs may well be owned by the Iraqi government or by private contractors who own the K9 training programs or just acquire them from such. They may not be owned by the Gov't at all. >>>> If anyone saw my post last night - our handler, William Gardner, was in Iraq with our dual purpose explosive detection dog (they ran more than 100 missions there) and he said the Land Mine dogs were Supplied by a Private Contractor from South Africa. As I said last night - I have left a voice message for Denise and hope to talk to her today to get more information. Mr. Gardner told me last night to beware of anything until we secured more information - which I am trying to do. In the event there are such dogs and the South African Contractor has turned them lose, then Mr. Gardner said there are plenty of K-9 contractors here in the US who would likely take them and have the resources to get the dogs to the US. Faithfully Yours, Rin Tin Tin, Miss Daphne Hereford www.RinTinTin.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================