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[hbgator]

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'."

[aiolos]

I didn't know it could be used as cover ! Maybe that's why they planted it

My favorite part is where the soldiers burning it experienced "ill effects" !

[jkf]

if the knives don't work, they will have to resort ot pipes...

if you can't cut it down, you just have to smoke it down... LOL

[Grim]

I would sacrifice myself for that job, put myself in the line of fire as to speak!

[hbgator]

hell Grim you sound like the hero type.....smoking for your country maybe even a purple heart or two for injuries received while rollling a joint

[Grim]

All in a days work man, I received the brown lung award LOL!