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9 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUP
GREENPEACE BUTTING HEADS WITH
THE RUSSIAN COAST XWAURD, A--
GUARD AND IT GOT A LITTLE UGLY.
>> SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED LAST
WEEK.
IT'S PLAYING OUT THERE.
WANT YOU TO JUST WATCH AND
LISTEN HERE.
WE'RE GETTING NEW DETAILS WHAT
ALL THIS WAS ABOUT.
THIS IS WAY UP.
THIS IS ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
AT A RUSSIAN OIL DRILLING
PLATFORM.
NOW, GREENPEACE PROTESTERS WERE
MOTORING UP TO THIS PLATFORM,
TRIED TO CLIMB UP THE SIDE OF
THE ROPES.
THE RUSSIANS RESPONDED WITH HIGH
PRESSURE WATER HOSES AND
GUNFIRE.
>> EVENTUALLY, RUSSIAN FORCES
BOARDED AND SEIZED THE
GREENPEACE SHIP.
IT DOESN'T END THERE EITHER.
PHIL BLACK IS IN MOSCOW.
A COUPLE OF DOZEN PEOPLE WERE
ARRESTED AND THEY'RE BEING
CHARGED.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
>> Reporter: WELL, MICHAEL,
AFTER THE SHIP WAS BOARDED BY
THE RUSSIAN COAST GUARD USING
ROPES AND HELICOPTERS, THE
VESSEL THE ARCTIC SUNRISE WAS
TOWED TO THE CITY WHERE THE 30
PEOPLE BOARD THAT VESSEL HAS
FACED COURT.
22 OF THEM HAVE BEEN REMANDED IN
CUSTODY FOR ANYTHING UP TO TWO
MONTHS WHILE A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT.
THE EIGHT REMAINING WILL FACE
COURT AGAIN IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
IT'S PROBABLY THEY WILL FACE A
SIMILAR RULING WHEN THEY FACE
COURT.
AGAIN.
SO IT APPEARS THEY ARE ALL SET
FOR A LENGTHY COURT CASE -- A
LENGTHY JAIL STAY I SHOULD SAY
WHILE INVESTIGATORS DETERMINE IF
THERE IS A CRIMINAL CASE TO
ANSWER.
AS I SAID, 30 OF THEM FROM 1
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
>> PHIL, JUST LOOK AT THESE
PICTURES.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THIS.
WHY DID THEY FEEL LIKE THEY
NEEDED TO FIRE ON THESE FOLKS IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
ARE THEY EXPLAINING WHY THEY
THINK THIS WAS A THREAT OF SOME
SORT?
>> THE RUSSIAN VIEW IS YES, THEY
BELIEVE THEY WERE DEALING WITH A
SECURITY THREAT OF SOME SORT.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE PRECISELY
WHAT SECURITY THREAT THEY WERE
DEALING WITH.
SO VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT HAS SAID GIVEN THE
EVENTS IN KENYA, GIVEN THEY
DIDN'T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE
WERE CLAIMING TO BE GREENPEACE,
HE BELIEVES THAT THE COAST GUARD
ACTED APPROPRIATELY.
THE GREENPEACE VIEW IS THAT
RUSSIA HAS OVERREACTED AT EVERY
STAGE AND BOARDED THEIR VESSEL
ILLEGALLY.
ALL WHILE GREENPEACE IS KNOWN
WHAT IT IS DOING AROUND THE
WORLD, THAT IS CLIMBING THINGS
THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T TO GET
MEDIA ATTENTION WITHOUT POSING
ANY SORT OF SECURITY THREAT
WHATSOEVER.
THEY MAINTAIN THE BOARDING WAS
ILLEGAL BECAUSE IT TOOK PLACE IN
INTERNATIONAL WATERS.
>> PHIL, JUST QUICKLY, NOBODY
WAS HURT, THOSE BULLETS DIDN'T
HIT ANYBODY, DID THEY?
>>.
>> Reporter: THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WHILE GREENPEACE SAYS BULLETS
WERE USED AT VARIOUS STAGES
THROUGHOUT THE CONFRONTATION,
YOU SAW THE ACTIVISTS TRYING TO
SCALE THE RIG AND LATER ON THEY
SAID THEY WERE FIRED ACROSS THE
BOW OF THE ARCTIC SUNRISE TO TRY
TO DRIVE THEM AWAY.