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| Sea Shepherd's Watson on Interpol's wanted list |
| 2010-06-30 |
| Interpol has placed the head of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, on its international wanted list. The request to place him on the list was issued by Japan. Interpol has issued a so-called blue notice, asking national police forces to pass on information about Mr Watson's whereabouts and activities. But it has not issued a notice requesting his arrest. The Sea Shepherd leader has harassed the Japanese whaling fleet for the past few years, limiting the number of whales caught for so-called scientific research. Mr Watson, who is in the United States, says the notice does not make any sense. "It's a blue notice which means it's not an arrest warrant, it's just so they can keep tabs on me. But they needn't have wasted their time, they could have just followed our website," he said. "One thing that it does mean to me is that we're certainly getting to them. We cut their kill quotas in half and they're really desperate that we not go back down there this year. "But I can tell them we'll certainly be back down in the Southern Ocean harassing them again in December." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 The Japanese actually publish research papers link |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-06-30 19:13 |
| #6 Appropriate -- Sea Shepherd are nothing but pirates. That their motivations are political rather than monetary is immaterial -- they are pirates and deserve to hang. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-06-30 15:56 |
| #5 I hate giving the show air time, but my wife loves watching it and laughs at the difference vs. Deadliest Catch. Credit to Malta, who seems to have taken real action after these clowns harassed the wrong fishing boat in the Med. Agh, cannot begin to state what is wrong. Ever wonder why when they are getting sonic'd their microphones still work? They are a menace, not only to others but to themselves. One episode, the ill fated batboat and capm' munch had a late night pow wow to talk tactics, forgot to get fuel and water - dipshits. On the, umm, flagship they have the bandit count flags for their sinks, why are their own boats on that display, eh? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-06-30 12:56 |
| #4 The Sea Shepherds are so obnoxious I find myself rooting for the Japanese. |
| Posted by: NCMike 2010-06-30 11:06 |
| #3 re-search, n. 1 - systematic inquiry into a subject. 2 - deciding what's on the menu. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-06-30 08:43 |
| #2 I don't know whose butt is sorrier, Watson or the Japanese lying liars, who claim they are killing whales for "research". |
| Posted by: Fester Thaiger8930 2010-06-30 07:52 |
| #1 Interpol has issued a so-called blue notice, asking national police forces to pass on information about Mr Watson's whereabouts and activities Well , he certainly isnt in a boat , off shore , being a tool ... Oooh ok , he is being a tool , I concede I hope interpol go 'interventionist' all over his sorry butt |
| Posted by: Oscar 2010-06-30 06:18 |