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 Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants 
#6168566 - 10/14/06 09:43 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants.
General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said on 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.
"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," Hillier 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'."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/061013/odds/odd_marijuana_dc
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 blink
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants *DELETED* [Re: distgre1]
#6168589 - 10/14/06 09:50 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: blink]
#6168602 - 10/14/06 09:57 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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[quote]Coaster said:
but i thnk everything thats pure is white?
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Edited by Hanky (10/14/06 10:05 AM)
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buckwheat
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: distgre1]
#6168603 - 10/14/06 09:58 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's the greatest thing Ive heard in a long time. That they cant burn the wet buds  If only overgrow was around they could have made a thread about it.
karma is a bitch
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Dankman
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: blink]
#6168777 - 10/14/06 10:46 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
blinkidiot said:
There's a news forum....
I wouldn't have seen it if he posted it there.
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: Dankman]
#6168798 - 10/14/06 10:51 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Neither would I have seen it. 
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: Maverick]
#6168806 - 10/14/06 10:52 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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The News forum's a good little spot.
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: distgre1]
#6168811 - 10/14/06 10:54 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
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Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said on Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover.
Or there are some Afghani farmers trying to raise one of their cash crops...
I'm surprised that this wasn't chalked up as "soldiers find part of the drugs terrorists sell to Americans" 
I also didn't know there were Canoodian soldiers over there
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AliceDee
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: demius]
#6168836 - 10/14/06 11:01 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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lol they burnt that shit and got ill effects, they did that on purpose
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nakors_junk_bag
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: AliceDee]
#6168894 - 10/14/06 11:16 AM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
AliceDee said:
lol they burnt that shit and got ill effects, they did that on purpose
now they can smoke pot for a couple of days and have a valid excuse for cloudy piss. See how the cleverness works, the weedies always win.
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koraks
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: distgre1]
#6169065 - 10/14/06 12:36 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
distgre1 said:
In response, the crew of at least one armored car had camouflaged their vehicle with marijuana.
Camouflaged...yeah, right  Just took some buds home!
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InTheFlesh714
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: koraks]
#6169165 - 10/14/06 01:30 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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I never thought I would say this but... Go taliban!!
... and DAMN THAT MARIJUANA!!
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AngeloWish
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: koraks]
#6169192 - 10/14/06 01:40 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
now they can smoke pot for a couple of days and have a valid excuse for cloudy piss. See how the cleverness works, the weedies always win.
 We smart mutherfuckers
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blink
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants *DELETED* [Re: Dankman]
#6169193 - 10/14/06 01:41 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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koraks
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: blink]
#6169232 - 10/14/06 01:57 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
blinkidiot said:
Quote:
Dankman said:
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blinkidiot said:
There's a news forum....
I wouldn't have seen it if he posted it there.
Nor would you see mushroom cultivation posts without going to that forum. Perhaps you should check it out?
Shit, are there really mushroom cultivation posts on this board? Gotta go check those out then...
Btw, love your avatar, where'd you get it?
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twigz
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Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: koraks]
#6169371 - 10/14/06 02:59 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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haha to funny... we have a news forum? 
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 Re: Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants [Re: twigz]
#6169429 - 10/14/06 03:17 PM (5 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
twigz said:
haha to funny... we have a news forum?
That's news to me! *groan*
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