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 metaltiger rated 4 months ago- A Canadian soldier walks through the poppy fields which alliance forces have agreed not to touch.
Afghanistan is on the verge of harvesting its latest record opium crop, and Canadian troops are staying out of the way.
We have nothing to do with poppy eradication. We stay away from it as far a...
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- metaltiger rated 4 months ago
- A Canadian soldier walks through the poppy fields which alliance forces have agreed not to touch.
Afghanistan is on the verge of harvesting its latest record opium crop, and Canadian troops are staying out of the way.
We have nothing to do with poppy eradication. We stay away from it as far as we can, Maj. Steve Graham of the Royal Canadian Dragoons told CTV News.
The plan is to attack the insurgency first and leave the battle against drugs for another day.
If NATO and the Canadians don't attack our fields, then we won't fight them, said farmer Saddique Mohammad.
Mohammad also said this: We're not afraid of being arrested. If anybody tries to stop us, we will join the Taliban or Al Qaeda and fight.
Got to hand it to Mr. Mohammad, he does have a plan B.
- shitshitshit rated 17 months ago
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.."Canada stays out of Afghan opium poppy harvest
Updated Sat. May. 12 2007 10:13 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Afghanistan is on the verge of harvesting its latest record opium crop, and Canadian troops are staying out of the way.
"We have nothing to do with poppy eradication. We stay away from it as far as we can," Maj. Steve Graham of the Royal Canadian Dragoons told CTV News"
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