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2009-05-25 Britain
Gardening tips from the UK Ministry of Defence
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Posted by Seafarious 2009-05-25 00:27|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Interestingly, this will herald other changes, as rules of engagement "have been adjusted fairly recently" to allow soldiers to destroy poppy crops. This marks a clear change from British policy, where hitherto crops have been left standing and the harvesting unhindered.

Wouldn't want to accidentally convert a few simple farmers into Taliban, now would we?
Posted by gorb 2009-05-25 06:26||   2009-05-25 06:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Today, the poppy grower is no different than a factory or rail worker in the Reich, just another cog that keeps the Talibunny machine operating.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-05-25 08:25||   2009-05-25 08:25|| Front Page Top

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