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By Everald Compton, published 9/7/2013In August 2001, MV Tampa, a freighter owned in Norway, was on the high seas south of Indonesia when it picked up a May Day call from Palapa 1.
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A better question might be: does anyone *really* want to stop the boats?
From ABC Lateline last night --an interview with Major General (retired) Jim Molan.
Indonesia has 150 naval vessels but NOT A SINGLE ONE of them is positioned in the south in the stretch of water favored by people smugglers and the HMAS courtesy bus service.