Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants

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.

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“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.

Gotta love war…sounds like a scifi movie…BATTLE THE PLANTS…you have got to be kidding…we humans know what humans will do with these plants!!! Puff, puff. Also the last paragraph…tried white phosphorous, tried diesel…I bet they decided to use a match, rolling paper and a doobie clip! Unless the US Forces via Bechtel and Haliburton have some REALLY expensive BONGS developed specifically for this kind of terrain!

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