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RayBonga · 10-14-2006, 02:55 AM

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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'."

Fighting the war on terror and drugs at the same time. win win !

MaleLockerRoom · 10-14-2006, 03:51 AM

any pics? lol

RayBonga · 10-14-2006, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MaleLockerRoom

any pics? lol

Not sure if the hotlinking works: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15240211...stry/15239501/

martinsc · 10-14-2006, 04:02 AM

sounds like fun

Elli · 10-14-2006, 12:39 PM

haha oh dear

Are they trying to boost recruiting levels?

WarChild · 10-14-2006, 12:43 PM

Think of how much easier it would be to motivate stoned troops.

Prvt: Hey sir, how come we have to kill those people over there? I mean, it seems like it's dangerous and what have they ever done to us?

Cpt: Dude, those guys have all the Doritos!

Everyone: CHARGE!

ae-sc · 10-14-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by WarChild

Think of how much easier it would be to motivate stoned troops.

Prvt: Hey sir, how come we have to kill those people over there? I mean, it seems like it's dangerous and what have they ever done to us?

Cpt: Dude, those guys have all the Doritos!

Everyone: CHARGE!

You'd think that Canada was in trouble to call something like that out. I still think its a ploy to get some more asshat stoners off the couch in the US

BigBen · 10-14-2006, 12:48 PM

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But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects

Now they're going to fail their drugtests

Z · 10-14-2006, 12:52 PM

I'm calling my recruiter now

jacked · 10-14-2006, 12:55 PM

who would have thought....

HorseShit · 10-14-2006, 01:16 PM

omg this is so weird, I didn't think there was any marijuana in Afghanistan

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