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ARTICLES
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‘Service honours bomb detection dog’,
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‘Two Australian Soldiers killed by bomb on first tour of Afghanistan’, The Age, 8 June 2010
Cathy Alexander, ‘VC winner is Young Aussie of the year’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 2010
‘Tagged for action, Counter-terrorism capability unveiled’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper, 2002
‘Missing military dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months’, Associated Press, 12 November 2009
‘Diggers in Afghan gun battle’, The Australian, 9 July 2007
‘Medals bestowed on fallen soldiers Jacob Moreland (sic) and Darren Smith’, The Australian, 13 June 2010
‘Rescue plan for Digger dog’, The Australian, 8 June 2010 Australian Sapper, 2007 edition
Australian Sapper, 2008 edition
Australian Sapper, 2009 edition
Australian Sapper, 2010 edition
Australian Sapper, Head of Corps, Royal Australian Engineers, Moorebank NSW, 2010 edition, p. 52
Lois Baker, ‘Pet dog or cat controls blood pressure better than ACE inhibitor’, newswise.com 11 August 1999
Haydn Barlow, ‘RTF2 takes the reins’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper, 3 May 2007
—— ‘Wired For Action’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper, 20 September 2007
Josh Bavas, ‘Vaporised war Dog Receives posthumous Medal’,
‘Australia to Double Afghan Force’, BBC,
‘Dead soldier Liam Tasker and Army dog return home’, BBC,
‘Dog lost in Afghan battle returns’, BBC,
Mark Berman, ‘A Loyal Soldier Is Mourned, MP Sergeant from Michigan was killed in Afghanistan’, The Washington Post, 16 September 2008
Max Blenkin, ‘Aussie soldier braves Taliban fire to rescue Afghan’, AAP, 11 December 2008
Max Blenkin, ‘Dog Killed on Afghan Duty’, The Age, 6 September 2007
Max Blenkin, ‘IEDs pose highest risk to Aust troops in Afghanistan’, AAP, 9 October 2007
‘Bomb-sniffing dog back after year lost in Afghanistan’,
Corrine Boer, ‘Dogs of War’, Army: The Soldier’s Newspaper, 15 May 2008
—— ‘Razz dies saving his mates’ lives’, Army: The Soldier’s Newspaper, 4 October 2007
Elbert Chu, ‘The Bulletproof dog that stormed Bin Laden’s lair’,
Bianca Clare, ‘Furry friend killed in conflict’, The Sunshine Coast Daily, 29 October 2009
Philip Clark, Summer Radio, ABC702 Radio, 14 January 2011
Tom Coghlan, ‘Combat dogs take to the skies for secret missions in Afghanistan’, The Times [UK], 16 March 2010
Mark Colvin, ‘Australian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan’, PM, 3 September 2008
Kevin Connolly, ‘McChrystal in the line of fire.’ BBC Online, 22 June 2010
Pamela Constable, ‘Gates visits Kabul, cites rise in cross-border attacks’, The Washington Post, 17 January 2007
Philip Coorey, ‘Forces Stuck with Borrowed Choppers’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 August 2008
‘Sapper Darren Smith, one of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan, is laid to rest’, The Courier Mail, 20 June 2010
Alan Cullison and Yaroslav Trofimov, ‘Karzai Bans Ingredient of Taliban’s Roadside Bombs’, The Wall Street Journal, 3 February 2010
‘Army Sniffer Dog Merlin Killed in Accident’, The Daily Telegraph, 5 September 2007
‘Aussie bomb detection dog’s remains to come home’, The Daily Telegraph, 15 June 2010
‘Aussie war dog will be home for Christmas’, The Daily Telegraph, 25 October 2010
‘Bomb Dog Sabi [sic] back on duty’, The Daily Telegraph, 12 November 2009 Thomas L. Day, ‘Rare IED success: MRAPs cut U.S. death rate in Afghanistan’,
McClatchy Newspapers, 19 January 2010
Mark Derr, ‘Darwin’s dogs; celebrating the bicentennial of the father of evolution’,
‘Gregory A Rodriguez’, The Detroit News, 6 September 2008
Mark Dodd, ‘Aussie special forces crush Taliban leaders in Afghanistan’, The Australian, 12 December 2008 ——‘Blast kills second bomb dog’, The Australian, 25 September 2007
—— ‘Long-lost sniffer dog returns to duty with fellow Diggers’, The Australian, 13 November 2009 ——‘Push For Diggers To Get Medivacs in Afghanistan’, The Australian,
13 August 2008
——‘VC Hero Tires of PR and Goes Back to Afghanistan’, The Australian, 23 July 2010 ——‘VC winner Mark Donaldson drew enemy fire, saved a mate and fought on’, The Australian, 17 January 2009
Mark Donaldson, ‘For Most Conspicuous Acts of Gallantry’, Defence, Issue 1, 2009
Mark Dunn, ‘Fallen soldier Matthew Locke told: no armour’, The Daily Telegraph, 1 November 2007
Damian Dunne, ‘Our digger dogs’, That’s Life!, Issue 16, 22 April 2009
Catherine Ellis, ‘Sniffer Dogs’, Behind the News, 1 April 2008
Telegraph, 12 November 2009
——‘Rudd visits Diggers: PM’s food for thought’, The Herald Sun, 12 November 2009
——‘Rudd’s secret visit; PM shares ceremony with Diggers in Afghanistan’, The Daily Telegraph, 12 November 2009
——‘Rudd in war for long haul’, The Australian, 12 November 2009
John Ferguson and Malcolm Farr, ‘Digger dog beats Taliban’, The Herald Sun, 13 November 2009
‘UK Army Dog may have died of a broken heart’, Fox News,
Rebecca Frankel, ‘War Dog’, Foreign Policy, 4 May 2011
Meghan Galer, Donna Magid and Les Folio, ‘Radiology corner; Gun shot wound to the chest of a military working dog’, Military Medicine Radiology Corner, Volume 174, June 2009
Heath Gilmore, ‘We Said Our Brave Son was Invincible’, The Sydney Morning Herald,
Howard Gipps, A Current Affair, Nine Network, 16 January 2009
Global Security.org, Forward Operating Base Ripley / Kamp Holland
Anand Gopal, ‘Taliban wages war on aid groups’, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 August 2008
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nbsp; Stephen Graham, ‘US-led coalition: Warplanes kill 33 militants in eastern Afghanistan’, AP, 1 July 2008
Al Green, ‘Home Sweet Home, The Special Operations Task Group’s first days at Camp Russell’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper
Jason Gutierrez, ‘Dogs of War Save Lives in Afghanistan’, Discovery News, American Free Press, 28 January 2010
Toby Harden, ‘Interview: General Stanley McChrystal’, The Telegraph (UK)
Gardiner Harris, ‘A Bin Laden hunter on four legs’, The New York Times, 4 May 2011
Peter Harvey, ‘Our Valiant Few’, 60 Minutes, Nine Network, 24 April 2009
Michael Hastings, ‘The Runaway General’, Rolling Stone magazine, 22 June 2010
Kelvin Healey, ‘Our Troops Declare in Dogs We Trust’, The Advertiser, 22 June 2009
Joe Hirsh and Cynthia R. Fagen, ‘Hero’s welcome home for dogs of war’, The New York Post, 30 July 2010
‘Our Sappers today—what are our Sappers faced with in the Middle East?’,
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Afghanistan, Corporal John Cannon—Royal Australian Engineers
Australian Defence Force Trackers and War Dogs Association, 12 June 2010
Tom Hyland, ‘A very high-ranking mutt inspires a shaggy dog tale’, The Age, 20 December 2009
——‘Afghanistan’s deadly Double Whammy’, The Sunday Age, 22 June 2008
——‘Aussie soldiers fire on civilians’, The Age, 29 July 2007
——‘Hearts and Minds Not Won’, The Sunday Age, 22 June 2008
——‘How the ADF kept saga of Sabi the wonder dog on a tight leash’, The Age, 15 November 2009
Geoff Hutchison, ‘The Secret is out – meet Australia’s most decorated soldier’, Mornings with Geoff Hutchison, Perth720 ABC Radio, 24 January 2011
Kieran Jackel, ‘Australian and Afghan Sappers Deliver Magical Effect to Talani School’, Australian Sapper, 2007 edition
Grace Jean, ‘Building Miniature “Noses” to Sniff Explosives’, National Defense (US), business and technology magazine of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), October 2007
James Jeffrey, ‘Strewth! Rudd dogs it for Sabi [sic]’, The Australian, 13 November 2009
Ed Johnson, ‘Gates wants NATO to reorganize [sic] Afghanistan Mission, update 1’,
Thomas H. Johnson, ‘On The Edge of the Big Muddy: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan’, China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2007
——‘The Taliban insurgency and an analysis of Shabnamah (night letters)’, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Vol. 18, No. 3, September 2007
Jessica Johnston, ‘PM gets a taste of Afghanistan’, The Townsville Bulletin, 13 November 2009
——‘Sarbi the Army wonder dog found safe in Afghanistan’, Perth Now,
Randi Kaye, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, 18 November 2010
Colin H. Kahl, ‘How we fight’, Foreign Affairs, November/December 2006
Adrienne Killingsworth, ‘Military working dogs: A tribute to Ardy’, US Army,
Kahli Lynam, ‘Canine heroes – man’s best friend on the frontlines’, Queensland RSL News, Autumn 2009
Sandra Lee, ‘What’s up, dog?’ Sunday magazine, The Sunday Herald Sun, 17 July 2009
‘Along with a troop surge in Afghanistan, a dog surge: along with a dog surge, a food dilemma’, The Los Angeles Times, 25 January 2010
Chris Masters, ‘A Careful War’, Four Corners, ABC TV, 12 July 2010
——‘Forward Base Afghanistan’, Four Corners, ABC TV, 2 July 2007
——‘Journalist Chris Masters recalls the moment Aussie troops lost two mates’, The Herald Sun, 7 June 2010
——‘Trouble at the gate’, Australia Network News (provided by the ABC Asia Pacific News Centre) 11 June 2010
Aaron Matzkows, ‘Doggies’ style on Op Anode’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper, June 2006
Steve Meacham, ‘Welcome home, Sarbi, trusty dog of war’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 January 2011
Amanda Meade, ‘The Diary’, The Australian, 16 November 2009
Paul McGeough, ‘SAS combatants strike deep into Taliban heartland’, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 September 2005
David McLennan, ‘Locke will not be forgotten: commander’, The Canberra Times, 30 October 2007
Ian McPhedran, ‘Australian soldiers left for dead in Afghanistan by Dutch Apache helicopters’, The Courier Mail, 21 October 2010
—— ‘Battle salute for Diggers’, The Advertiser, 28 September 2006
—— ‘Diggers Darren Smith and Jacob Moerland killed in Taliban bomb trap’, The Daily Telegraph, 9 June 2010
—— ‘Dutch Left soldiers for dead in Afghanistan’, The Daily Telegraph, 22 October 2010
—— ‘How Diggers are risking all for mates’, The Daily Telegraph, 12 December 2008
—— ‘Sabi [sic] the wonder dog awarded two medals, but may never be able to come home to Australia’, The Herald Sun, 9 February 2010
—— ‘Sarbi heading back into the fray’, The Daily Telegraph, 10 January 2011
—— ‘Training was key to survival’, The Daily Telegraph, 17 January 2009
—— ‘Nation salutes a true war hero’, The Daily Telegraph, 17 January 2009
—— ‘Scars, scares and death in Afghanistan’, The Daily Telegraph, 15 August 2009
——‘Give back our hero dog’, The Daily Telegraph, 22 November 2010
Alastair McPherson, ‘Paws for reflection’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper, 19 March 2009
—— ‘Nose on the line’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper, 18 March 2010
Donna Miles, ‘Military working dogs’, American Forces Press Service, 3 September 2004
Emily Moser and Michael McCulloch, ‘Canine scent detection of human cancers: A review of methods and accuracy’, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, Vol. 5, No. 3, May/June 2010
Katharine Murphy ‘Sabi [sic] come home—Dog’s year in the desert’, The Age, 13 November 2009
—— ‘We’re in Afghanistan for long haul, PM tells troops’, The Age, 12 November 2009
Katharine Murphy and Sally Pryor, ‘PM amid dust and Diggers’, The Canberra Times, 12 November 2009
Yuko Narushima, ‘Soldier’s feat the stuff of Australian legend’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 January 2009
‘When a dog is truly a man’s best friend’, National Dog—The Ringleader Way, Volume 12 Number 10
‘The bloodhound’s amazing sense of smell’, Nature
Sean Naylor, ‘Air Force Policy left ground troops high and dry’, Army Times [US], 30 September 2002
‘Army dog picks up scent’, National Dog Magazine, April 10 2010
‘Australian soldiers kill truck driver’,
‘PM Kevin Rudd visits troops in Afghanistan on way to India’,
‘Brave dog remembered’,
Brendan Nicholson, ‘NATO Failure Endangering Australian Forces’, The Age, 27 November 2007
——‘You Think I’m Brave? Meet My Mates: Ben Roberts-Smith’, The Australian, 23 April 2011
Susan Oldroyd, ‘Explosive canines’, Army: The Soldiers’ Newspaper
Will Pavia, ‘Afghanistan war hero dog Target mistakenly put down by US pound’, The Australian, 17 November 2010
Jonathan Pearlman, ‘Alliance rescue did not fail signalman,’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 2008
——‘Nine Australian soldiers hurt in Taliban ambush,’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 September 2009
Peter Pedersen, ‘Recock and Refigure, Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, speaks’, Wartime: Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, Issue 46, 2009
Andrew Pierce, ‘Hug for Queen Elizabeth’s first corgi’, The Telegraph (UK),
Meg Purtell, ‘Sniffer Dogs’, Stateline, ABC Television, 14 March 2008
Braden Quartermaine, ‘Heroes tell of frontline hell’, The Sunday Times, 3 December 2006
Sean Rayment, ‘British Soldier and his faithful friend die side-by-side in Afghanistan’, The Telegraph (UK), 27 July 2008
Mark Ranzenberger, ‘Rodriguez to be buried in Arlington’, The Morning Sun, 8 September 2008
Bruce Riedel, ‘al-Qaeda Strikes Back’, Foreign Affairs, May/June, 2007
Georgina Robinson, ‘Ninth Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan’, WAtoday.com.au17 March 2009
Barnett R. Rubin, ‘Saving Afghanistan’, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007
Kevin Rudd, interview on CNN, 21 September 2009
Kelly Ryan, ‘Plea to save hero dog from Afghan war’, The Herald Sun, 20 May 2010
Leigh Sales, ‘Defence mourning after tremendous loss’, Lateline, ABC TV, 8 June 2010
Misha Schubert, ‘Sniffing around the real Sabi [sic] story’, The Age, 13 November 2009
Richard Shears, ‘Sabi [sic], the real story— how Aussie bomb dog was rescued from the Taliban’, The Daily Telegraph, 26 December 2009
Sarah Smiles, ‘Injured Soldiers Wait Six Hours’, The Age, 13 August 2008
Britt Smith, ‘Bomb dog Sarbi reunited with handler’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 January 2011
Tony Stephens, ‘Engraved in history, the bravery of No 97’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 January 2009
Jason Straziuso, ‘Official: 9 US troops killed in Afghanistan’, AP, 13 July 2008
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‘Paws in the War: How Sabi [sic] the bomb dog’s on the ball’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 November 2009
Owais Tohid and Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2004
Brendan Trembath, ‘Handler never gave up on lost army dog,’ PM, ABC Radio, 12 November 2009
