NZ warns Japan its whalers will be watched

XemaSab

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Thu Nov-18-10 09:22 AM
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NZ warns Japan its whalers will be watched

New Zealand has told Japan its whaling ships will be closely watched during the season that is about to start, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.

He said on Sunday the Japanese whalers would be coming into New Zealand's search and rescue zone and for that reason would be monitored more closely.

"I've spoken to the Japanese government and told them that New Zealanders are going to be watching what they do this year," he said on TV One's Q&A program.

"They set themselves a target take in terms of the number of whales they intend to catch - if that is a high number that's going to upset and antagonise New Zealanders a great deal.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/nz-warns-japan-its-whalers-will-be-watched-20101114-17sjg.html

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xchrom

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Thu Nov-18-10 09:37 AM
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1. taking 1 should antagonize them. nt

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GliderGuider

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Thu Nov-18-10 09:53 AM
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2. They will have Sea Shepherd riding shotgun...

Go Paul Watson!

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CJvR

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Thu Nov-18-10 02:07 PM
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3. They even have...

...a new Bat-boat.

Hopefully they will not play chicken race with a steel hulled harpoon ship with this one.

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pscot

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Thu Nov-18-10 02:53 PM
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4. New Zealanders are Antipodean Scots

who fetishize their isolation. Japan better be careful.

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Kolesar

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Thu Nov-18-10 04:42 PM
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6. Like southern Appalachians! eom

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Kolesar

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Thu Nov-18-10 04:42 PM
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5. NZ aircraft could locate the whaling fleet, then leak their position to "the Sea Shepherds"

Edited on Thu Nov-18-10 04:43 PM by Kolesar

...who otherwise might not know where the whalers are.

I think that is what NZ is telling Japan. Good for them!

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Nihil

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Thu Nov-18-10 07:09 PM
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7. Watched through cross-hairs. (n/t)

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Odin2005

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Fri Nov-19-10 10:40 PM
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8. Love the Kiwis!

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Sun Nov-28-10 02:04 PM
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9. Does that mean NZ is an eco-terrorist country?

:crazy:

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