Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants

[J Bananas]

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.

"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," Hiller 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'."

[Sikotic™]

Muthafuckas are fighting?

smoke something.

[King Tech Quadafi]

That bomb Bin laden chronic 

[AndrE16686]

you really have to be careful that the Taliban don't dodge in and out of those marijuana forests.

marijuana forests!  FORESTS!

[J Bananas]

like huge fuckin cornfield size marijuana forests, some of the best crop in the world resistant to phosphorus and diesel burns, heat radiating..if one of you guys wanna ship me an pound or something i'll gladly adopt a female member of your family and give her a nice life, i'll obviously be wealthy from this product, think about it

[Chief]

haha i want to see pictures of that shit...

LOL they cant burn it, motherfuckes have thousands of soldiers out there, roll that shit, light that shit, smoke it.... probably end the war too...

and LMFAO @ soldiers feeling ill downwind... HAHA this is comedy 

[Lieutenant Abdul-Shakur]

"Uhh, sarge, I don't think we need any more camo."

"Private, shut up and keep packing!"

[Chief]

^ha!

[jeromechickenbone]

I saw some pics of it on MSN this morning.  Shit was ill.

[IRAN iz Gangsta!]

ANY body here ever smoked OPIUM?

[Doggystylin]

OMG, they found heaven...

[Noname]

lol, no need for fighting. Just smoke one...or two.

[J Bananas]

lol, no need for fighting. Just smoke one...or two.

exactly, a little half hour blunt sess in the forest would probably slow down killing and fighting to the point where we arent doing shit over there and have to come home

[big mat]

they should burn that forest so the thc can go in the atmosphere

[acgrundy]

damn, sign me up for the army!