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2008-01-19 Down Under

Captain of protest vessel claims spy trawler is shadowing him

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Posted by Steve White 2008-01-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 They did not mention the submarine in the report, did they? Mum's the word.....

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-01-19 00:25|| 2008-01-19 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 It has no fishing gear on board and appears to have more electronic gear than normal for a fishing vessel.

Hey the guys just want their normal electronic fix they feed back home in Yokohama. You've never seen the kids walking around with the latest and greatest in tech gear in Japan?

Captain of protest vessel claims spy trawler is shadowing him

Stalker bitchin about being stalked. Rich :)
The 'victimhood' culture.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-19 07:43|| 2008-01-19 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Stalker bitchin about being stalked. Rich :)

The hull of the Steve Irwin is apparently made of irony.

Posted by SteveS 2008-01-19 10:48|| 2008-01-19 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Powered by steam from DeNile River.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-01-19 11:49|| 2008-01-19 11:49|| Front Page Top

#5 It's always good when the ELINT people get a chance to do live exercises. I'm sure the Japanese navy is grateful to those idiots for the training opporunity.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-19 12:49|| 2008-01-19 12:49|| Front Page Top

#6 What the hell is a tracking vessel going to do anyways? They sure as hell aren't going to move the whalers in time. If I was Watson I'd be having a beer on deck mooning the Maru.

Posted by Icerigger 2008-01-19 13:07|| coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2008-01-19 13:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Watson grow a spine you leftist twit.

Posted by Icerigger 2008-01-19 13:09|| www.coonlakebeach.com]">[www.coonlakebeach.com] 2008-01-19 13:09|| Front Page Top

#8 His plans were spoiled by the meddling kids.

Posted by Super Hose 2008-01-19 13:27|| 2008-01-19 13:27|| Front Page Top

#9 What the hell is a tracking vessel going to do anyways?

How about Jamming the "Activists" com gear, no incoming or outgoing electronic messages, no E-Mail, No internet, No video, no telephone, in other words cut off their publicity generating ability, their main reason for being there, harrassing the Whalers, will NOT be broadcast.
Let them die of frustration, they're media whores, no media, no attention.

Sounds entirely practical to me.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-19 15:23|| 2008-01-19 15:23|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd be keeping a weather eye out for the Oceanic Viking.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2008-01-19 19:04|| http://www.phoenix-federation.net]">[http://www.phoenix-federation.net] 2008-01-19 19:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Australia was suppose to be sending a government spy ship to track the Japanese.. This is turning into a game of 'cat and mouse'.

Both sides suck and should go home.

Posted by Oztralian 2008-01-19 22:33|| 2008-01-19 22:33|| Front Page Top

#12 I would just settle for a "Rogue Wave" and call the Irwin lost.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-19 22:53|| 2008-01-19 22:53|| Front Page Top

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