Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Jan 6, 1:40 AM EST
Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports

By ERIC TALMADGE
Associated Press Writer

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the conservationists.

The Sea Shepherd group says its anti-whaling ship, the Steve Irwin, has left pursuit of Japan's whaling fleet after activists chased it for 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) and last month lobbed bottles of rancid butter at the fleet. It is now headed to port to refuel. Sea Shepherd suggested on its Web site it will seek a port call in Australia, but has not provided further details.

Japan, which considers the actions of the Steve Irwin to be tantamount to piracy, reacted Tuesday by saying it will ask countries where the ship might make port calls to refuse it entry.

"We are going to request a port closure against it," Foreign Ministry official Chiharu Tsuruoka said. "They have obstructed our activities in the past, and their action is extremely dangerous. They are like pirates."




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[depakid]

1. I'll say one thing- they have a lot of gall

As for their chances of this happening...

:rofl:

The Australian Senate passed a motion before Christmas urging the Rudd government set a timetable for bringing the Japanese before the International Court of Justice. The whalers have few if any friends down under- and if it weren't for the financial crisis, we may well have seen more aggressive diplomacy and action this year.

[ColesCountyDem]

2. Someone call a waaaaaaambulance! n/t

[madrchsod]

3. cry me a river japan...

there`s no reason to slaughter the whales anymore...

[Mudoria]

4. Stop killing whales and the "Steve Irwin" and crew won't

need to be out confronting you or documenting your atrocities.

[Marrah_G]

5. Oh fuck you, "researchers"

Nothing but liars with a government who openly supports their very blatant lies.


Australia should tell them to go fuck themselves.

[Joanne98]

6. I love the show Whale Wars.

[ShadesOfGrey]

7. Research my A$$ ...

Go Pirate Ships!!! :yourock:

[damntexdem]

8. Those countries should ban whaling ships from their ports.

Arrgh!

[Nihil]

9. Fuck 'em

Any politician who sides with this crap deserves to be shot.

Japan considers "lobbed bottles of rancid butter" to be "tantamount to piracy"?
Well waaa waaa fucking waaa ...

Grow up and join the real world.

[IndianaGreen]

10. And I want the whaling fleet to be torpedoed and sunk!

Viva the whales!