Who or what is Shaggy, I hear you ask?
Read on, and all will be revealed!
A friend of ours sent Rob an email yesterday. This is what Johan wrote:
'Shaggy in cabin
Has just taken off from Jeddah in ZS SKA
En route Djibouti'
Rob answered with the obvious question:
'What is SKA?
What is the story of Shaggy?'
And Johan wrote back:
'SA charter group operating out of Baghdad, smallish Flying Fokkers, this
one a F70. Shaggy was an Iraqi stray that the boys adopted A welcome braai is
being arranged at Lanseria for Shaggy and his crew !'
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| Shaggy in his flying cage! (Pics thanks to Johan) |
Oh how lovely we thought, a real 'Ag shame!' story, and we were happy that he had been rescued. Then came the next email, one that made me very very angry!
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| ZS SKA |
'Shaggy and his crew left Nairobi at 07h15
Eta Lanseria 11h30
Correction
Shaggy is not Iraqi
He is a US marine, bomb sniffer expert
Abandoned by the US forces when they pulled out
Was taken care of by the campmaster until he moved on
Was found by the SA boys in pitiful state and cared for
Apparently they would leave some of their own gear in SA to load large bag
dogfood
Also all his injections and medicines
Shaggy I believe now has his own facebook page'
This loyal dog, trained to do dangerous work, was expected to protect his 'masters' daily on patrols. How much loyalty was shown to him when it was time to leave? He was simply left behind like an old boot. I feel disgusted that something so vile can be carried out by so called 'Peacekeepers'.
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| Shaggy, look at those eyes. |
Maybe there is a perfectly acceptable explanation and he wasn't simply left to his own devices.
Maybe.
I wait for someone to possibly set the record straight!
In the meantime...................Welcome to your new home, Shaggy!
Here is the latest up-date from Johan:
'ZS SKA will do a missed approach at Lanseria 13h15 !
This is turning into a very happy welcome !'
A lovely story for Valentine's Day!
2 comments:
Norman can't get comment on so he says "Typical Yanks, so glad Shaggy is 'coming home'"!!
The record would only be put straight if one of those cowards came back for Shaggy. Why don't they leave their radar experts or top pilots behind instead of a valued member of the team who risks his life without really knowing why. Welcome home brave Shaggy
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