Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants
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LOL!!
Troops battle 10-foot marijuana plants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061013/od_nm/marijuana_dc
Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants.
General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense 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'." 
"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."
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Ok, the soldiers camouflaged their vehicle with weed, and got high trying to burn it. That's so awesome.
"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."
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Private: Seriously Dude.... Seriously... is that bin Laden? No, no, no.... right there... I am not kidding... it's him for real.
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Woah, I am so... High... Right now...
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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munchies, need snickers bars....
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...And all they gave us are these damn MRE's...
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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WE NEED TO GET .. past .... these ......................
......... You hungry? Got any MRE's?
When soldiers --- rugged soldiers --- the size of whales ....
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10-foot tall marijuana plants! Marijuana forests! Where do I enlist? 
I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.
-Hunter S. Thompson
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Could they use a corn field combine or something to harvest .. I mean level.. the plants? It would make amazing mulch on the poppy fields. Or they could set it aside until it was dry and more combustible.
It's a heckuva way to pacify the locals, I'd bet.
Has anyone considered consulting with US municipal authorities to see how they take care of confiscated pot patches? Oregon and California spring to mind as good places to start looking for recommendations.
So, who had the bright idea to try lighting the fire on the drier plants?
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Do you think it's anything like the Day of the Triffids? But instead of everyone being blind they're just sitting there buried under snack food wrappings and trying to reach the fridge without moving.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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