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04-26-2006, 05:24 PM
Canada treads dangerous line over poppy eradication in southern Afghanistan
Murray Brewster, Canadian Press
Published: Sunday, April 23, 2006
SANGIN, Afghanistan (CP) - When the commander of Canadian troops in southern Afghanistan's poppy-rich Helmand province gives his word to village elders that his soldiers are not there to rip up their fields, he means it.
In fact, Maj. Bill Fletcher takes great care to ensure his armoured vehicles don't wreck the green pastures, or generally cause damage to the plants that produce a scourge of drug addiction in the West.
read whole article (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=9311e6b5-f974-4e2f-ae54-dd2084e67021&k=4588)
Murray Brewster, Canadian Press
Published: Sunday, April 23, 2006
SANGIN, Afghanistan (CP) - When the commander of Canadian troops in southern Afghanistan's poppy-rich Helmand province gives his word to village elders that his soldiers are not there to rip up their fields, he means it.
In fact, Maj. Bill Fletcher takes great care to ensure his armoured vehicles don't wreck the green pastures, or generally cause damage to the plants that produce a scourge of drug addiction in the West.
read whole article (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=9311e6b5-f974-4e2f-ae54-dd2084e67021&k=4588)