"Baghdad --- It's probably safe to say that Smoke is the most sought-after donkey in Iraq.
Two years after he wandered onto a US military base west of Baghdad and won the hearts of the men stationed there, he's landed at the center of a cross-cultural custody battle involving marines now back in the United States, a sheikh, and an Iraqi family that has demanded $30,000 to give him up.
It's unclear who the skinny young donkey originally belonged to. But for the Marine logistics unit that adopted him in 2008, patching up the cuts on his legs and face and nursing him back to health, he quickly became part of their family."
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