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A boat laden with refugees is driven onto rocks at Christmas Island in this still image taken from video December 15, 2010
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010

Open quoteThe refugees here are the victims ... The bad guys are the people smugglers. It's pure evil to put a vessel in the sea in conditions like this.Close quote

  • SIMON PRINCE,
  • who owns a diving shop on Christmas Island, on the smugglers who attempted to ferry 80 Iraqi and Iranian asylum seekers to Australia; 27 have been confirmed dead
Photo: Network 7 via Reuters TV / Reuters | Source: The Western Australian