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2006-02-27 Afghanistan
British troops fear backlash as Afghans attack opium crop
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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I read an article in the past few months that there's medicinal use for poppies once the narcotic ingredient is removed - they were making hybrid poppies.

I thought at that time why don't our drug companies just pay them the going rate and have them grow the safe poppies.
Posted by anonymous2u 2006-02-27 00:50||   2006-02-27 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe they have no say - maybe Allan tells them to grow the nasty poppies?
Posted by Howard UK 2006-02-27 07:54||   2006-02-27 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 "The farmers will turn against us and the British. They have guns and they can fight."

This should be a familiar problem for the Brits.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-27 08:03||   2006-02-27 08:03|| Front Page Top

#4 But both Afghan and British officials have acknowledged that they are likely to suffer a backlash in this largely rural community if farmers lose their livelihood with no adequate compensation.

First it was "Opium growing is out of control and [insert political leader name] isn't doing anything about it". Now we have "Oh, the poor famers will get mad and [insert national force name] will face a backlash".

I wish they'd make up their frigging minds which line they want to parrot.
Posted by Pappy 2006-02-27 12:33||   2006-02-27 12:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Napalm will take care of an opium poppy field in jig time - also the growers and the "protectors". Time to fire up the production line and get moving. It also works great on coca plantations. We're fighting the "war on drugs" with the wrong tools. A little napalm would do the trick. Who knows, maybe some people even understand cause and effect enough to stop growing what we don't like.
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