ISIS Raid Dog 'Conan' To Visit White House; Details Of How Canine Was Injured

US President Donald Trump has tweeted a confirmed fake image of himself awarding a medal of honor to the military canine that was involved in the successful raid that killed the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Besides the altered photo, Trump has apparently declassified the dog’s name as well.

The image was produced by the conservative site, the Daily Wire. The false image was produced from a factual photograph of Trump in 2017 awarding the medal of honor to James McCloughan. McCloughan is a retired army medical practitioner that was honored for saving 10 people's lives during the Vietnam war, The New York Times reported.

The medal of honor is the highest prestigious military decoration that can be awarded to US service members for outstanding acts of heroism.

In the photo, McCloughan’s head is removed and replaced with a dog's head. The dog which was shown with his tongue hanging out of his mouth in the photo has been identified as “Conan” by reporters.

Trump said that the canine’s image was declassified when he initially tweeted the photo of the dog but its name wasn’t.

As a couple of days passed, he decided not to mention whether the dog’s name had been classified. Instead, he confirmed Thursday morning that the dog’s name was, in fact, "Conan." Trump added that the dog has been scheduled to exit the Middle East for the White House next week.

When a New York Times reporter showed McCloughan the two images, the veteran just laughed. He only commented that military dogs “are very courageous.”

Trump’s false photo tweet was not the first time the dog was exposed to fame on behalf of the president. On Tuesday, Trump had tweeted another photo of the “wonderful” canine, who had apparently obtained an injury during the raid on Baghdadi’s Syrian property.

More detailed information on the heroic animal was released by The Pentagon on Wednesday.

Gen. Frank McKenzie, leader of the US Central Command, informed reporters that the dog indeed had been injured when it came in contact with electrical cables while it was pursuing Baghdadi in an underground tunnel on the enemy’s property.

Although reports have named the dog, the Pentagon has not released the dog’s actual name. According to McKenzie, the dog has been working with special operations forces for the last four years and has been involved in close to 50 missions.