News: 10 foot tall marijuana plants block canadian troops

[poiuyt]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americ...eut/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'."




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,

AHAHAHA

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

AHAHAHAHAHA

poiuyt Reviewed by poiuyt on 10-13-2006. News: 10 foot tall marijuana plants block canadian troops 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 Rating: 5

[Smokin EnDo]

See the US army would have been outraged at that and couldn't have taken light on such a subject. Gotta love those canadians.

[OniEhtRedrum781]

LMAO!


.... But I thought the Taliban was defunct....

[MastaChronic]

"that damn marijuana!" lol, well they could always give the cannabis community a call, we'd have that damn marijuana gone within the week!

[Frivolous248]

A week!? You lazy pot head! It'd be gone in a day if all of us where there.

[MastaChronic]

well, i figured we'd take all the males and leaves and stuff and make hash, which takes time, plus we'd bake brownies and fircrackers and make green dragon and have a ball, all that takes time, but if they had military training for smoking pot, yeah a day.

[hugs not drugz]

A week!? You lazy pot head! It'd be gone in a day if all of us where there.

true that. if they where smart, they would have gone and recruited some pot heads. i wonder when harvest is..:rasta: :rasta:

[Frivolous248]

Yeah, if we were gonna have a canna community party then we'd have to make hash and cook.

If I lived in canada and heard about this...I'd so offer to help get rid of that magical forest.

[Sig]

See the US army would have been outraged at that and couldn't have taken light on such a subject. Gotta love those canadians.

The US army would have smoked all that weed, and then killed them all.

[faithlessxxx]

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I didn't expect this from Canadian troops, such savagery, such disregard for the Geneva convention and humanity.

I'm disgusted.

Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants
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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'."

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