Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

LOL

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/12/canada.troops.marijuana.reut/index.html

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[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

Dang no pics?????? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

haha...but no pics //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

"A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those [forests] did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects and decided that was probably not the right course of action"

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"almost impenetrable forests of marijuana plants 10 feet tall."

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[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

lawl.

 

[Vicodin113 10+ year member]

One soldier told him later: "Sir, three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say 'That **** marijuana'."

AHAHA

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of marijuana plants 10 feet tall.
General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover. In response, the crew of at least one armored car had camouflaged their vehicle with marijuana.

"The challenge is that marijuana plants absorb energy, heat very readily. It's very difficult to penetrate with thermal devices. ... And as a result you really have to be careful that the Taliban don't dodge in and out of those marijuana forests," he said in a speech in Ottawa, Canada.

"We tried burning them with white phosphorous -- it didn't work. We tried burning them with diesel -- it didn't work. The plants are so full of water right now ... that we simply couldn't burn them," he said.

Even successful incineration had its drawbacks.

"A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those [forests] did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects and decided that was probably not the right course of action," Hiller said dryly.

One soldier told him later: "Sir, three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say 'That **** marijuana'."

lol

 

[SKyleS 10+ year member]

The least they could have did was spell marihuana the Canadian way if they're going to talk about Canadians. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

I think that must be what heaven looks like. Too bad no pics...

 

[Belunt 10+ year member]

I finally tracked down a picture of this seen HERE

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

I see what the troops are doing... I see!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Afghanistan has re-emerged since the U.S.-led war as the world's leading source country for opium and heroin — rapidly returning to levels of the 1990s, when it produced about 70 percent of the world's illicit opium supply, a U.N. report says.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030811-100220-8928r.htm

and yet they are worried about a little weed.

 

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

Afghanistan has re-emerged since the U.S.-led war as the world's leading source country for opium and heroin — rapidly returning to levels of the 1990s, when it produced about 70 percent of the world's illicit opium supply, a U.N. report says. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030811-100220-8928r.htm

and yet they are worried about a little weed.

****nn 2/3rds of the words addict base is over there... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif