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[The Nose On Your Face] Several Greenpeace activists were injured in a potato incident off the coast of New Zealand earlier this week. Angry fishermen aboard the S.S. Trawl-'em-all loaded the large spuds into compressed air guns and aimed them at the Rainbow Warrior as a warning to the approaching environmentalists to stand down.

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GREENPEACE | Defending the Deep : Episode III : Rainbow Warrior / Tasman Sea 2005http://weblog.greenpeace.org/deepsea [GREENPEACE | Defending the Deep : Episode III : Rainbow Warrior / Tasman Sea 2005] Caught - Red-Handed!: I awoke with the sensation that were no longer steaming, with the Rainbow Warrior was rolling gently in the swell. I met Chris in the stairwell, who gave me a quick rundown on the trawler. On the deck above there was a hubbub of activity, with people grabbing breakfast, getting their boat suits on.

http://dailybork.blogspot.com [The Daily Bork] Potato torpedos locked and loaded: Potato torpedos locked and loaded Someone get these fishermen a beer! Greenpeace New Zealand campaigner Carmen Gravatt who was on board the protest boat RainbowWarrior, said activists delayed the vessel, the Ocean Reward, from deploying its net by attaching an inflatable life-raft. She

GREENPEACE | Defending the Deep : Episode III : Rainbow Warrior / Tasman Sea 2005http://weblog.greenpeace.org/deepsea [GREENPEACE | Defending the Deep : Episode III : Rainbow Warrior / Tasman Sea 2005] PRESS RELEASE: Amaltal Miss the Boat with Dodgy Legal Tactics: "The fact that companies like Amaltal are allowed to continue destroying our global marine heritage and wipe undiscovered species off the face of the planet, is completely outrageous. This highlights the urgent need for the international community to take action to protect deep sea life so that we don't have to," said Greenpeace campaigner, Carmen Gravatt.

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