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Balu, a British attack dog of the Theater Military Working Dog Support Unit, shows off the padded arm he has torn away from the simulated attacker during a capabilities demonstration in Multi-National Division Basra, Iraq on Sept. 6, 2008.

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Balu, a British attack dog of the Theater Military Working Dog Support Unit, shows off the padded arm he has torn away from the simulated attacker during a capabilities demonstration in Multi-National Division Basra, Iraq on Sept. 6, 2008.

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