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Turkish tuna fishermen ram Greenpeace ship (take notes)
MSNBC ^ | 5/30/2008 | AP

Posted on 05/30/2008 7:18:19 PM PDT by tobyhill

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish tuna fishermen rammed their boat into a Greenpeace ship Friday and pelted it with lead fishing weights, the environmental group said. No one was injured.

The fishing vessel was among several that swarmed the Arctic Sunrise, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. The boat rammed the Greenpeace ship at high speed, said Yesim Aslan, a spokeswoman for the group.

The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arcticsunrise; coastalenvironment; environment; environozis; fishing; greenpeace; sodoffswampy; turkey
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1 posted on 05/30/2008 7:18:19 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Good for them!


2 posted on 05/30/2008 7:19:41 PM PDT by sport
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To: tobyhill

i like the turks more now!


3 posted on 05/30/2008 7:20:33 PM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: tobyhill

Muslim Fishermen vs Treehuggers=get out the popcorn!


4 posted on 05/30/2008 7:22:04 PM PDT by omega4179 (b.hussein)
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To: tobyhill

OMG! Lead weights! How environmentally insensitive!

Good for the Turks.


5 posted on 05/30/2008 7:22:15 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo (Earth - Taking care of itself since 4.6 billion BC)
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To: tobyhill

It’s nice to see there are still people who aren’t afraid to stand up to these Greenpeace morons.


6 posted on 05/30/2008 7:22:51 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (De-Globalize yourself !)
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To: ken21
The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said

They won't bother us any time soon.

7 posted on 05/30/2008 7:22:59 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: tobyhill

Waste of good lead weights. Should have invited the Greenies for drinks, and served molotav cocktails.

At the very least, the weights should have been attached to 8/0 treble hooks & on casting lines.


8 posted on 05/30/2008 7:23:14 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

LOL. None of the Greenpeace or MSM thought about that one.


9 posted on 05/30/2008 7:23:28 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill
The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said.

Why is Aslan hanging out with Greenpeace and why isn't he in Narnia?

10 posted on 05/30/2008 7:23:39 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: tobyhill

Gotta like those Turks.


11 posted on 05/30/2008 7:24:29 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: tobyhill

Ask a Korean war vet about the reputation of the Turkish troops in that war. They were a valuable ally. And they played for keeps.


12 posted on 05/30/2008 7:26:56 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Grizzled Bear

I thought Aslan was with the fisherman.

I guess I was confused by the reporting.


13 posted on 05/30/2008 7:27:38 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: PAR35
especially when they had some lead available.
14 posted on 05/30/2008 7:27:53 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill; girlangler

bttt


15 posted on 05/30/2008 7:28:51 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: tobyhill

In the stories I heard, they didn’t waste lead when steel would do in night attacks.


16 posted on 05/30/2008 7:29:35 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: george76

BTTB (bump to the bottom)

The Greenpeace vessel that is!


17 posted on 05/30/2008 7:31:47 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: tobyhill

Now THAT is the way you deal with the greenie weenies.

RAMMING SPEED!

Shame they didn’t sink the scum though.


18 posted on 05/30/2008 7:36:44 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg ("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
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To: tobyhill

Hopefully they sunk it and fed the sharks.


19 posted on 05/30/2008 7:39:57 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Las Vegas Ron; jazusamo; LucyT; SunkenCiv; M. Espinola

WHEN 35 Greenpeace protesters stormed the International Petroleum Exchange , they had planned the operation in great detail.

What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial aggression of oil traders who kicked and punched them back on to the pavement.

“We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs,” one protester said, rubbing his bruised skull. “I’ve never seen anyone less amenable to listening to our point of view.”

Another said: “I took on a Texan Swat team at Esso last year and they were angels compared with this lot.”

Behind him, on the balcony of the pub opposite the IPE, a bleary-eyed trader, pint in hand, yelled: “Sod off, Swampy.”


20 posted on 05/30/2008 7:41:25 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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