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Egypt barring Gaza aid ship from Suez Canal: Iran
2010-06-28
TEHRAN - The Iranian Red Moon-Shaped Thingy Crescent said on Sunday that in addition to restrictions imposed by Israel, Egypt had barred a Gaza-bound aid ship from entering the Suez Canal, leading to the trip being postponed.
Golly, you mean it isn't just those eeeeeeeeeebil juices? I had no idea!
"The ship's departure has been postponed because of more restrictions imposed by the Zionist Quds occupying regime on the movement of aid to Gaza and prevention of the ship from using the Suez Canal, despite coordination with international bodies," the Red Crescent said in a statement faxed to AFP.
Namely, the Israelis said that they'd consider the ship's approach to Gaza to be an act of war, and react accordingly ...
The statement said the voyage to the blockaded Gaza Strip had been put off despite the vessel being ready to set sail from the southern port of Bandar Abbas for the Palestinian territory.

But in Egypt, the Suez Canal Authority said it would allow the ship through.

"Under an international treaty, the canal is obligated to let any ship through, whether it is Iranian or not," a canal official told AFP. "We have not received any instructions to ban the Iranian aid ships from using the Suez Canal."

An Iranian official had announced on Thursday that sending the aid ship had been cancelled because of restrictions imposed by Israel.

"The trip is not going to happen," said Hossein Sheikholeslam, secretary general of the International Conference for the Support of the Palestinian Intifada, a panel set up by the Iranian parliament.

The Red Crescent had initially planned to send two aid ships to the Palestinian territory this month.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Egypt to Iran: "Go start trouble in your OWN back yard, why don't ya?"
Posted by: mojo   2010-06-28 12:48  

#1  Any ship to Gaza which refuses security check by Israel willconstitute an act of war and will be sunk.
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2010-06-28 04:57  

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