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January 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Australia should send a customs vessel to “keep the peace” in the Southern Ocean, says federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
The federal government must also do everything it can to help three activists being held aboard the Japanese whaling security vessel Shonan Maru No 2, Mr Abbott says.
“The Australian government helps Australians in trouble, including Australians that have got themselves into trouble,” the opposition leader told reporters in Sydney on Monday.
“I think it’s just the standard duty of government to do what it can for Australians in trouble overseas and obviously these guys fall into that category.”
The men clambered aboard to force the vessel to stop tailing the anti-whaling flagship, the Steve Irwin.
They are demanding to be returned to Australia, but the Japanese vessel is travelling towards the whaling areas of the Southern Ocean.
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has been in contact with the Japanese government but says the issue has been complicated because the boarding didn’t happen in Australia’s territorial waters.
“An Australian customs vessel on the spot would be able to keep the peace and I think it’s a pity that the government hasn’t put a vessel down there,” Mr Abbott said.
“There is a dedicated vessel, dedicated to the Southern Ocean, and it should be on the spot right now.”
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