My pet bird blog: Harley, a Timneh African Grey; Cinnamon the Spice finch; Ginger the Society/Spice hybrid; and Peanut, a green-rumped parrotlet who died in 2006.
I finally tracked down an article about the pigeons in Iraq — after the worst of the conflict ended. It turns out most of the birds were let free in Iraq, except for Petey. His keeper decided to take him home, to Kuwait. No casualties. See the article "Petey the pigeon survives war, will go home," published 4/17/03.