Bomb dogs rushed to Iraq

BAGHDAD: American military officials are stepping up delivery of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq with Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s government under pressure for using equipment that may be ineffective in finding explosives. Army Maj. Sylvester Wegwu says the first 25 of 145 trained bomb-sniffing dogs are due to arrive Friday in Baghdad. The airlift comes as questions are raised about the capabilities of a wand-like, bomb-detection device widely used at checkpoints across Iraq. Wegwu says the remaining 120 dogs will be delivered over the course of the year.