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Coast guard on lookout for 1,000 Chinese fishing boats
Japan Today ^

Posted on 09/18/2012 3:26:25 PM PDT by traumer

TOKYO — Japan said Tuesday it was bolstering its defenses around the disputed East China Sea islands after Chinese media reported a flotilla of around 1,000 Chinese fishing boats was sailing toward them.

The Japanese coast guard said it has so far been unable to confirm the arrival of the fishing boats, but it spotted one Chinese fisheries patrol ship in waters near the disputed islands shortly before 7 a.m.

The Japanese government has set up an information-gathering operation to monitor the movements of the Chinese fishing boats. However, the boats may have been delayed by a typhoon which pummeled South Korea on Monday.


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1 posted on 09/18/2012 3:26:27 PM PDT by traumer
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To: traumer

Oh boy.......


2 posted on 09/18/2012 3:27:24 PM PDT by traumer
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To: traumer

I’m starting to subscribe to the Biblical Armageddon thing more and more each day.. LOL


3 posted on 09/18/2012 3:29:31 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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4 posted on 09/18/2012 3:31:42 PM PDT by traumer
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Watch them end up in Hawaii or something./jk


5 posted on 09/18/2012 3:33:05 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: traumer

All your fish belong to us ?


6 posted on 09/18/2012 3:35:24 PM PDT by molson209
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To: traumer; TigerLikesRooster

prayers for South Korea through the typhoon by the way


7 posted on 09/18/2012 3:37:17 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: traumer
However, the boats may have been delayed by a typhoon which pummeled South Korea on Monday.

It would be great if they were all destroyed, Spanish Armada style.

8 posted on 09/18/2012 3:39:05 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Nuke Mecca.)
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To: GeronL

“boats may have been delayed by a typhoon “ .... the Divine Wind ?


9 posted on 09/18/2012 3:39:26 PM PDT by traumer
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
here we go:

Man throws smoke bombs into Chinese consulate general in Fukuoka http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120918a7.html

10 posted on 09/18/2012 3:43:11 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Sirius Lee

No need to channel the Spanish Armada. In 1281 the Chinese Mongol emperor Kublai Khan sent his armada to subdue Japan, and it met the Kamikaze-—Divine Wind.

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Kamikaze-or-Divine-Wind-That-Saved-Japan&id=6084984


11 posted on 09/18/2012 3:44:35 PM PDT by steerpike100
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To: steerpike100

Great link.

The History of Japanese and Chinese animosity is very old.
But over the centuries the Chinese have always been at the receiving end of the Japanese swords.....


12 posted on 09/18/2012 3:49:15 PM PDT by traumer
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To: traumer

Something smells fishy here...


13 posted on 09/18/2012 3:56:51 PM PDT by DJ Frisat ((optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: traumer

http://freebeacon.com/chinese-general-prepare-for-combat/

we are going to war with China to defend Japan


14 posted on 09/18/2012 4:22:12 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: traumer

Tell them to watch out for surfing Killer Whales and tag playing sharks.


15 posted on 09/18/2012 5:25:15 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Sirius Lee
It would be great if they were all destroyed, Spanish Armada style.

Not to mention the "Divine Wind" that saved Japan by scattering and sinking two Mongol invasion fleets under Kublai Khan.

16 posted on 09/18/2012 8:06:10 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: traumer

Somebody go wake up that big lizard with the fiery bad breath.


17 posted on 09/18/2012 9:30:15 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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