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In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, a Lebanese policeman stands guard, left, as a tractor destroys cannabis plants in the town of Bouday near the northeastern Bekaa Valley region of Baalbek, Lebanon. Hundreds of policemen supported by Lebanese soldiers began a major campaign to destroy about 15,000 dunams (3,705 acres) of land planted with cannabis in the predominantly Shiite Muslim northeastern Bekaa Valley region of Baalbek and Hermel. Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.