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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:05 AM
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Spy v spy as Airbus joins the fight against whaling
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Spy v spy as Airbus joins the fight against whaling
Andrew Darby in Hobart
January 22, 2008

AUSTRALIA has flown its first whaling surveillance mission as forces opposing the Japanese fleet in the Antarctic are stepped up.

The flight by an extended range Airbus, along with the sighting of a Japanese fishing boat said to be shadowing Sea Shepherd, raise spying over the "scientific" whaling program to a new level.

There are also signs that international attention on the program is creating unrest in Tokyo.

The Airbus A319, fitted with surveillance and imaging equipment, is being used by the Rudd Government, with the Customs patrol ship Oceanic Viking, to gather evidence for potential international legal action against the whaling.

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Greenpeace's Japanese language website had leapt in popularity. The number of page views jumped last week from 10,000 a day to 10,000 in one hour.

"Visitors to the website are also signing up to a online petition asking Japanese ministers to stop squandering taxpayers' money on whaling," said Dave Walsh, a Greenpeace spokesman.






Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/whale-watch/spy-v-spy-as-airbus-joins-the-fight-against-whaling/2008/01/21/1200764171935.html
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:15 AM
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1. Or, more correctly, the Rudd government joins the fight against whaling
Just think, PM John Howard was deposed on account of the global warming issue and support for the War on Iraq. Now this.
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natrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:29 AM
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2. all these bombs on iraq-why not use a few on the whaling boats
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:49 AM
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3. Let me guess
you recommend killing men to prevent whaling. Suppose you favor killing men to prevent logging, mining, oil drilling?
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natrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:35 AM
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4. whatever dude
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 01:04 PM
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7. If it takes the fear of death
to get these bastards to stop slaughtering precious marine creatures, so be it. They don't need the whale meat and they're not using it for "science." At what point does the rest of the world make them stop? When they've driven species extinct?
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zonkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 02:09 PM
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9. yay!!!!!! bomb whalers!!!!!!!!! I like it.
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roody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 12:06 PM
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5. The Australians had a healthy regime change.
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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 12:40 PM
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6. Greenpeace: Whaling receives criticism in Japan
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 01:05 PM
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8. Kicked & Rec'd
Go Aussies, Sea Shepard and Greenpeace!!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 02:39 PM
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10. A full 10 days since a whale has been killed.
Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd are doing a great job.
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