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, who works...
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