Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:05:05 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Reuters via CNN.com - this is Bushnev's war, on drugs. Hahahahaha. [clairefiles]

"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.

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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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