

Can’t smoke ’em out? Troops struggle with 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants



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.





"We tried burning them with white phosphorus — 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.'



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hahahahah. since when is really, REALLY wanting a brownie an ill effect?



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Sounds like Vietnam all over again, haha.



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i think this is old and already been posted but it was a good read.



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these plants sound like hemp, and should therefore have been referred to as hemp or cannabis, not marijuana



right?



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more evidence that marijuana is aiding terrorism and should be eradicated unhindered worldwide.



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It's obvious that there has been a little research performed by the taliban. Just the same mechanism which aids in the detection of marijuana also contributed in this case to concealment of troops within them. Clever planning on the rebel side.



This makes me wonder how long they had this planned if they had this planned at all. It would take at LEAST 9mo. of some really decent care to get fluffy and tall plants to provide concealment. On the plus side of such an effort would be infra-red and thermal camouflage, well worth it. I'm pretty impressed. 5 for you



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more evidence that marijuana is aiding terrorism and should be eradicated unhindered worldwide.







yes, in fact, we should remove people's civil rights in this country AND murder people in other countries to get that job done!







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It would take at LEAST 9mo









Try half that. Sure, over here in North America, outdoors day a year- But the plant is not from here. That is where Mj is native, it loves that climate. Help plant grows really fast.



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this is HELLA old, i saw it back in 2006



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Yea this article is from October 2008. Two years old man.



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Yea this article is from October 2008. Two years old man.







Has is been 10/08 yet?! Did I just lose a year?



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that's a really good idea! I should grow marijuana plants around my house for privacy!



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