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The Nuclear Free Seas Flotilla received no reply from either of the two
nuclear ships carrying 255 kgs of weapons-usable plutonium through the
Pacific, despite the opposition of many enroute countries.
An eight hour inflatable boat chase through the Tasman sea in the dead of the night ensued. Finally, at dawn, two activists successfully delivered a message of protest to the two armed nuclear freighters.
Ian Cohen, NSW MP, and Stuart Lennox of Tasmania, were dropped into the water in near the shipment and held up a banner reading "Nuclear Free Pacific" as the two ships passed.
Said Henk Haazen from the Nuclear Free Flotilla, "We may be ten boats but our strength is that we carry the wishes and demands of many thousands of people. It is pretty clear from the plutonium shippers avoidance tactics overnight that they are scared to face public opinion. However, they will not be able to avoid the growing public and government pressure building against them from Japan all the way to the Irish Sea to stop this insane business."
An eight hour inflatable boat chase through the Tasman sea in the dead of the night ensued. Finally, at dawn, two activists successfully delivered a message of protest to the two armed nuclear freighters.
Ian Cohen, NSW MP, and Stuart Lennox of Tasmania, were dropped into the water in near the shipment and held up a banner reading "Nuclear Free Pacific" as the two ships passed.
Said Henk Haazen from the Nuclear Free Flotilla, "We may be ten boats but our strength is that we carry the wishes and demands of many thousands of people. It is pretty clear from the plutonium shippers avoidance tactics overnight that they are scared to face public opinion. However, they will not be able to avoid the growing public and government pressure building against them from Japan all the way to the Irish Sea to stop this insane business."
