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Will there be an international inquiry on this series of events?

New Greenpeace-tuna fishermen clashes off Malta

The owner of the two French fishing vessels, Jean-Marie Avallone, told AFP that a fisherman was injured when the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise rammed a trawler. But Greenpeace rejected that claim and said its ship had been trying to free tuna caught in cages and that it had turned around and sailed away as soon as it saw the two fishing boats heading towards it.

"There was no contact between our militants and the crews of the fishing boats. And therefore no injured people," said Isabelle Philippe, spokeswoman for the group in France.

"Militants"? Isn't that a term reserved for terrorists?

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Meanwhile, the Federation of Malta Aquaculture producers reported a clash between Greenpeace activists and Spanish fishermen who, it said, were carrying out lawful fishing activities.

"This attack has resulted in loss to property and injuries among those involved. Activists tried to tear a net containing fish which had been caught by Spanish fishermen. The fishermen were acting within their rights and were doing nothing to provoke attention by these activists except for the fact that they were carrying exercising their trade." the federation said. The federation condemned the Greenpeace attacks.

"Apart from subjecting both its activists and fishermen to unnecessary risks Greenpeace seems bent on causing economic loss to legitimate operators. Greenpeace cannot pretend that such actions are measured and / or peaceful. They are pure and simply designed to cause economic loss with violence against innocent operators."

Fishermen on Friday hurled a grappling hook at a Greenpeace dinghy trying to free bluefin tuna from their nets off Malta, injuring an activist whose leg was pierced by the hook.

Wait, it gets better:-

A Maltese military vessel used water cannons Sunday to prevent Greenpeace activists from a ramming into a large pen holding bluefin tuna, a military spokesman said.

Greenpeace said its activists in seven inflatable boats met "a great deal of resistance" when they tried to free the endangered bluefin tuna from the cage.

Is that flotilla activity?




(Kippah tip: LBD)

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