Deadly Afghan Spider Hitches Ride Home With U.K. Soldier, Kills Family Dog Aug 30, 2008
Found in desert regions, camel spiders can grow up to 6 inches and reach speeds of up to 10 mph, making them devils to catch. Lorraine Griffiths believes the spider hitched a ride into the U.K. in the personal belongings of her husband. (Fox News -- Politics)
Aiding one who served Jan 8, 2008
He distracted himself from the gut-tugging absence of his three young children by pitting camel spiders against scorpions. It was diverting to watch two other deadly foes fighting it out in the sand during his two tours of duty, in 2005 and 2007. (Albany Times Union)
Home for Christmas : After a perilous tour of duty in Iraq and the loss of his father, Daniel Nolan is back in Windsor but his thoughts are never far from war Dec 25, 2007
And then there are the ever-present camel spiders, often thought to be chasing people in order to attack them, when really, they just want to catch some shade, Nolan said. Which, for him, is easy enough to say while sitting in a booth in a stateside restaurant, no camel spiders in sight, and eating a bowl of hot clam chowder during a recent interview with a reporter. (Journal Inquirer, CT)
Veterans share stories of far away places, hidden threats Nov 10, 2007
He had to look out for scorpions, camel spiders and sand fleas. The camel spiders were four time the size of a 50-cent piece with five-inch-long legs. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Canadian troops making a difference in Afghanistan Sep 9, 2007
While camel spiders arent poisonous, they do have a fearsome bite. Theyll take a chunk out of you. (Strathroy Age Dispatch)
Are recommendations too extreme? Sep 7, 2007
In tents, the prisoners will still live in MUCH BETTER conditions than Marines in IRAQ who grab sleep anywhere they can, usually on the ground with biting centipedes, camel spiders, and scorpions. And the prisoners will have the daily luxury of not getting shot at, blown up, and bombed. (The Palm Beach Post)
A Buddhist soldier at Abu Ghraib Aug 6, 2007
Soldiers killed time with fights staged between camel spiders and scorpions. They hunted rats, and when that got old they hunted malnourished dogs from the backs of pickups. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Goodman: Uncounted Casualties Aug 5, 2007
He would talk about hearing camel spiders in his room at night, and he actually had a flashlight under his bed, which he could use to search for the camel spiders. His whole life was falling apart. (Zmag.org)
AMY GOODMAN: Uncounted casualties of war Aug 3, 2007
Kevin said: "Hallucinations started with the visual, the audio, tactile. He would talk about hearing camel spiders in his room at night. ... His whole life was falling apart."Jeffrey told his family that he was ordered to execute two Iraqi prisoners of war. After he killed the two men, Jeffrey wore their dog tags until Christmas Eve 2003, when he threw them at his sister, calling himself a murderer. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
VA Secretary faces wrongful death suit Jul 27, 2007
He told his sister he had "a rope and tree picked out" behind the family home and needed to keep a flashlight by his bed to check for camel spiders he heard at night. His parents took him to the Northampton VA Medical Center and he was involuntarily committed for help. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Greenbush soldier returns home to avenue of flags Jul 4, 2007
He told of scorpions and camel spiders. The spiders were the size of a beach ball and varied in color, like chameleons. (Oscoda Press, MI)
Service Sends Video Messages To Troops Jun 29, 2007
He loves what he is doing over there, the things that bother him are the camel spiders over there. Phone: 866-460-6888 Email: videosfortroops@rothstaffing. (NBC4.tv, CA)
rats, snakes. May 31, 2007
Camel spiders: Just the facts. Since the Gulf War, tales of camel spiders growing to the size of small cats, moving at 30 mph, jumping 3feet in the air, and eating chunks of flesh have been widespread ... About those camel spiders. (The Palm Beach Post)
Graduate recounts Army life in Iraq Mar 30, 2007
A description of camel spiders intrigued the students in Ms. Shavalia s class; many subsequent questions were on the camouflaged creatures. Also in the territory where Owens serves are snakes and rats. (Houghton Lake Resorter, MI)
Portraits of Sacrifice Mar 19, 2007
" Nov. 2, 2002 (From Basic Training) Dear Mom and Dad, Well, I made it to basic training. This is the most intense thing I have ever gone through. It's nothing I expected it to be. All the research I did couldn't prepare me for what I'm going through. Having someone in your face screaming at you 24-7 is something I have never experienced. These drill Sargents never let up. Their goal is to find your breaking point. They succeeded with finding the breaking point of many soldiers, but have not... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Why we serve?’ answers why they fight Feb 26, 2007
Posselt had some fun of his own too, especially when he started talking about the camel spiders he encountered in the desert. They re like this big, his said forming a circle with both his hands as some of the kids in the audience shuddered. (Crystal River Citrus County Chronicle, FL)
From peril to pulpit Aug 27, 2006
He'd dream that he was still in Iraq beset by gnats or lizards or camel spiders the crab-size arachnids that Iraq veterans remember with particular horror and he'd wake up in a cold sweat swatting them away. Thrashing around one night, he accidentally popped Belinda in the face. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Soldier shares stories of life on duty in Kuwait May 4, 2006
"The camel spiders. They are a foot across and really ugly. I hate spiders," Lear replied to the sound of groans from the audience of sixth graders. Amidst the barrage of questions, Lear managed to give the students a glimpse of what life is like on base in Kuwait. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Students learn about life in Iraq Apr 26, 2006
"When it rains, you can't use four wheelers or a dirt bike like here. If you step in the mud there, you loose a boot." The girls squirmed when he confirmed that there are large, Frisbee-sized spiders there called camel spiders, though he had never seen one. The boys cheered his description of the guns that he carries. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
One more fight for ex-boxer Apr 19, 2006
"The vipers had longer fangs than normal vipers, there were five-pound camel spiders, I removed snakes and scorpions from the troops' bathrooms. It was the most harsh land that you could ever imagine, but also very beautiful.". Watkins, who lives in Deer Park, accepted the calling. (Pasadena Citizen, TX)
WP: Vets back from Iraq with stories to tell Mar 19, 2006
They remembered the camel spiders, big, fast and scary-looking. The sand flies, scorpions, mosquitoes and flying crickets. (MSNBC -- International)
