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WASHINGTON — From Baghdad and fresh off a 13-hour flight from Kuwait, Charlie the border-collie mix seemed to smile for the crowd of TV photographers at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Thursday.
Five months after SPCA International received a plea from U.S. soldiers hoping to transfer their beloved Iraqi stray to U.S. terrain, the 9-month-old mutt became the first beneficiary of the animal advocacy organization’s effort to rescue pets from the war zones where they provide solace to service members. Charlie will live in Phoenix with one of his caretaker soldiers.
