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| Afghanistan |
| Insurgents Plant Mines to Prevent Destruction of Poppy Fields |
| 2011-04-12 |
| [Tolo News] Officials in Helmand provinces say farmers and Taliban hard boyz in the province plant mines to prevent destruction of their poppy fields. According to local officials 7,000 hectares of land in the southern Helmand province have been cleared of poppy. The destruction of poppy fields in the picturesque provincial capital Lashkargah and 10 other districts is continuing, officials said. The campaign has started a month ago. Several soldiers of the counter-narcotics department have so far been killed in mine kabooms and jihad boy attacks in the province. Dawood Ahmadi, a front man for Governor of Helmand province, said 1,300 hectares of land have been cleared of poppy in Marja district alone. The people and farmers have also cooperated The campaign is expected to be accomplished in less than a month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I've read that the Taliban, et al do not allow the farmers an alternative. It doesn't seem fair to destroy a village that has no alternative. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-12 21:15 |
| #7 Persistant nerve agents would be more effective at getting everyone involved. And they do break down eventually. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Lost Drill Bit Division - Halliburton 2011-04-12 17:50 |
| #6 Perhaps the Uighurs would like a new homeland. No. They're good for making trouble for the Chicoms. Let's give it to the Paleostinians. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-04-12 15:48 |
| #5 Fuel-air bomb will clear both the poppies and the mines up right quick. 2 fer 1 deal! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-04-12 14:33 |
| #4 Catch 'em planting 'em with a Spectre. Alternative - use napalm to get rid of the poppies - and the mines. Use a Predator to find out who's actually planting these mines and target their front and back doors with Hellfires. ARCLIGHT a village found to be cooperating in planting poppies. There are so many options, and so few intelligent people in our government to actually think of them or implement them. This war has lasted too long. Time to wipe the slate clean and start over. Perhaps the Uighurs would like a new homeland. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2011-04-12 14:19 |
| #3 So shift those mines around a little, if that's the game now. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2011-04-12 03:56 |
| #2 OTOH HOTAIR > NOW MORE THAN EVER, LETS BUILD AN AT-AT [Star Wars] FOR AMERICA. All Terrain-Armored Transport(s) + Ice Planet HOTH. Or in altern a MILLENIUM FALCON!? Just becuz we can, D *** NG IT, ala POTUS Teddy Roosevelt. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-12 01:41 |
| #1 Napalm - Fire Purifies! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-04-12 01:35 |