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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 (three metre) high marijuana plants.

General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defence 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'."

2006-10-15 05:40:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events Other - News & Events

3 answers

send in the crack troops

2006-10-15 05:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by Icarus 6 · 0 1

Finally thinking people! Well my friend I don't know if you are Can or US. But I can tell you CIA's only purpose is expanding US influence as much as possible. The problem? They are so goof-blind that they always become allies of the craziest ones wherever they go. 100% of the bloodiest military regimees in latin america have been sponsored by the CIA (including Pinochet and current crazy Venezuelan president Chavez). The difference is that Chavez like some other CIA sponsored, "betrayed the US and that's why now "he is a mean person". If stupid McArthy stated "if you are not with us you are against us" Bush is way more stupid by just retaking that frase. CIA has and will always do whatever it takes in order to achive their goals (more if it's somebody elses blood). There are two dumb things a nation (or president can do). Join the US in their conquer of other countries and joining them in the same AGAINST THE MUSLIM WORLD. They have been killing themselves for centuries, but if you mess with them they get together and you will be as sorry as you can be!!!

2006-10-15 06:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by soytokemonsr 4 · 0 0

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2016-10-16 05:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by wysong 4 · 0 0

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