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Activists postpone Gaza sail to defy Israel
I'll bet Blair's sister in law is glad she got the hell outta there instead of waiting for her "friends" to come get her.NICOSIA (Reuters) - Foreign activists who planned to sail to Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade have delayed their trip to late October, an organizer said on Friday. Members of the U.S.-based Free Gaza Movement had planned to sail to the Palestinian territory from Cyprus this week, but said they were held up while attempting to find a boat. Good planning. If you're gonna sail some place, who needs a boat? There were also poor weather conditions in the eastern Mediterranean, and activists did not want their trip to coincide with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week, a spokeswoman said. Ah, yes. Ramadan. Wouldn't wanna screw up Ramadan. "The only analogy I can think of is like showing up with 22 people you don't know for Christmas dinner," said Greta Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Free Gaza Movement. Or 22 idiots who don't have a clue. "We want to get past Ramadan, and the seas are very rough at the moment so we are going to postpone it until the third or fourth week of October," she said. ...and the dog ate our maps. Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-26 |
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