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Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals
                   
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May 6, 2008 18 related
        

The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and wave. A U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit,... [read full story]                    

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