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   (Afghanistan) Lone camel found by Marines
       
   U.S. Marines stationed near Kandahar in Afghanistan dashed into the
   desert Wednesday to track down a reported unidentified vehicle -- only
   to find a lone wandering camel.
       The alert caused the Marines to put on flak jackets and helmets
   while repositioning mortars to attack the "vehicle" some 2 miles from
   the troops.
       "How come you can't tell a vehicle from a camel?" asked one Marine
   in a company control center.
       "One has wheels, the other has legs," another Marine pointed out.
       "I can't believe we're chasing damn camels around the desert,"
   said a third.
       Marine spokesman Capt. Stuart Upton said Marines reported a camel
   nosing around their foxhole Tuesday night and shots were fired to
   chase the animal from a nearby airstrip. It could not be confirmed
   that the camel that led to Wednesday's alert was the same animal.