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RosettaStoned
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Canadian troops battle ten-foot high marijuana plants
#6173972 - 10/16/06 12:32 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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OTTAWA - Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy — almost impenetrable forests of 10-foot-tall marijuana plants.
Gen. 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.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15239501/?GT1=8618
Thought this was quite interesting 
I'll help "battle" some 10 ft tall pot plants
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Basilides
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Re: Canadian troops battle ten-foot high marijuana plants [Re: RosettaStoned]
#6174179 - 10/16/06 03:05 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Marijuana forests, LOL
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Rono
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Re: Canadian troops battle ten-foot high marijuana plants [Re: RosettaStoned]
#6174525 - 10/16/06 09:03 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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On the plus side...if there is any country that would know about weed it would be the Canadians.
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Aldous
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Re: Canadian troops battle ten-foot high marijuana plants [Re: RosettaStoned]
#6174692 - 10/16/06 10:35 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"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.
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Pithlit
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Re: Canadian troops battle ten-foot high marijuana plants [Re: Aldous]
#6174697 - 10/16/06 10:37 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"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.
Oh yeah, set the whole thing on fire, that´ll help :P Ill effects FTW
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