Canadian troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants (9)

1 Name: d00d... : 1993-09-4791 01:54

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

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 damn marijuana'."

2 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 02:35

(・∀・)(・∀・)(・∀・)(・∀・)

3 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 11:44

O RLY?

4 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 15:28

it's like day of the triffids except instead of alien invader plants its pot

5 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 16:03

bring in a bunch of hippies to return peace to the area!

6 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 16:41

To burn the plants, all they need is a lighter.

7 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 17:42

>>6 YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, BOY?

8 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 18:33

POWER OVERWHELMING

9 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4791 21:24

Allah be praised, my hands are huge!

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