Operation Baghdad kitties...

Simba al-Tikriti, the one who basically started the rescue mission if Iraqi cats, mugs for the camera in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo/HO)

After nearly being wiped out by a roadside bomb while heading toward the border of Kuwait, Sima hid under tarps in the back of a truck. But after arriving in England and waiting in quarantine for six months, Simba finally has a good life according to this article.

"Two of my cats -- Googles and George -- have Ocicat markings," Louise said, referring to a highly prized spotted breed that originated by interbreeding Abyssinian, Siamese and American Shorthair cats. The theory goes that few in Iraq, other than Saddam, would have had such a cat.

Whew! glad they got out of that situation.

You know it's so funny that news of this came out recently because I wondered about Iraqi cats and other animals after reading the story of the Iraqi dogs coming to America.

Check out her website here. Sadly the organization does not send to the United States. But then again we have more than our share of cats that need homes right in our very own back yard.