Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants

by **KnoxVegas** on Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:57 pm

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.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/12/canada.troops.marijuana.reut/index.html

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by **Tim Whitehead** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:12 am

We have troops????

by **laxfan25** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:31 am

I would think that after conducting their training in the indoor "forests" of British Columbia that they would be very well familiar with the environment.
There's only one thing you can do when you face an enemy in a situation like this - you've gotta smoke 'em out!! :lol:

by **TheBearcatHimself** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:04 pm

Tim Whitehead wrote:We have troops????

We had to send Canadians, the French already surrendered. :oops:

by **KnoxVegas** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:17 pm

Tim Whitehead wrote:We have troops????

I was once in Victoria for work and we took a harbour cruise. It was a lovely evening and at one point we found ourselves right next to the western fleet of the Canadian navy at Esquimalt. It was a good five to ten minutes before the Canadian Coast Guard arrived on the spot and asked us to leave the area. Nothing more than to please leave the area.

Not a sermon. Just a thought.

Trailer Park Boys rule!

by **Jolly Roger** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:35 pm

KnoxVegas wrote: It was a good five to ten minutes before the Canadian Coast Guard arrived on the spot and asked us to leave the area. Nothing more than to please leave the area.

I suddenly flashed to a Kids in the Hall moment.....

by **KnoxVegas** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:43 pm

Jolly Roger wrote:
KnoxVegas wrote: It was a good five to ten minutes before the Canadian Coast Guard arrived on the spot and asked us to leave the area. Nothing more than to please leave the area.

I suddenly flashed to a Kids in the Hall moment.....

Attention homeowner. You're being robbed!

by **Tim Whitehead** on Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:30 pm

KnoxVegas wrote:
Tim Whitehead wrote:We have troops????

I was once in Victoria for work and we took a harbour cruise. It was a lovely evening and at one point we found ourselves right next to the western fleet of the Canadian navy at Esquimalt. It was a good five to ten minutes before the Canadian Coast Guard arrived on the spot and asked us to leave the area. Nothing more than to please leave the area.

Not a sermon. Just a thought.

My grandmother used to live about 2 blocks from that base. I never tried, but I'm sure if I wanted to (at the time anyways), I could have wandered around there for hours without being noticed...

by **TexOle** on Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:42 am

"We are now armed with mighty joint!"