---
title: "Hero K9 Commando Conan Talks To Press About Al Baghdadi Raid In SNL Sketch"
description: "Conan took reporters' questions via his \"interpreter\" and he was pretty direct with his answers! The real Conan will meet President Trump this week."
date: "2019-11-03"
modified: "2019-11-03"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/30811/hero-k9-commando-conan-talks-to-the-press-about-al-baghdadi-raid-in-snl-sketch"
categories:
  - "Americas"
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "Hollywood"
  - "Middle East"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Syria"
  - "Terrorism"
  - "U.S. Homeland"
tags:
  - "Al Baghdadi"
  - "Cecil Strong"
  - "Conan"
  - "Delta Force"
  - "dog"
  - "Hollywood"
  - "Humor"
  - "ISIS"
  - "K-9"
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  - "Saturday Night Live"
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---

# Hero K9 Commando Conan Talks To Press About Al Baghdadi Raid In SNL Sketch

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If there ever was a good week for dogs, this was it. The combat dog that was injured in the [successful raid against ISIS kingpin](<https://www.twz.com/30748/our-analysis-of-new-info-and-video-from-the-raid-that-killed-isis-head-al-baghdadi.md>) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has become the face of the historic operation, with President Trump tweeting repeatedly about the super pooch. As predicted, the [Belgian Malinois named Conan](<https://www.twz.com/30707/behold-the-hero-combat-dog-that-ran-down-isis-leader-al-baghdadi.md>) is set to meet the President at the White House this week. Now the dog has now become the subject of a wild Saturday Night Live sketch, where a real dog playing Conan 'took questions' in the White House Briefing Room.

The sketch was pretty funny as there is always a lot of unpredictability when animal actors take the live stage. The "translations" the military "dog interpreter," played by Cecily Strong, provided pretty damn hilarious, too. Check it out:

https://youtube.com/embed/4Nly3q9K73E

Maybe the best line was Conan summing up what missions like the one that killed al-Baghdadi are like as a special operations dog. The reporter asks “How does it feel to be getting all the credit for killing Baghdadi?” To which Conan replies—through his dog interpreter—“Honestly, it was a team effort from day one. It’s always been, I sniff your ass, you sniff mine.”

It will be big news when the real Conan gets the red-carpet treatment at the White House this week. Stay tuned!

Also, the Air Force's [mysterious X-37B spaceplane](<https://www.twz.com/30699/here-what-we-know-the-shadowy-x-37b-was-up-to-during-its-record-720-days-in-space.md>) came during *Weekend Update* and we even got some stated dimensions*:*

https://youtube.com/embed/qFBIkyaLDOY

Busy night for the military on SNL!

*Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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