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| Turks take Flotilla attack case to ICC |
| 2010-10-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] The families of the victims of Israel's maritime attack on a Gazoo aid convoy in May are set to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Reports say they will file a lawsuit at the court in The Hague against Israel on Thursday. On May 31, Israeli navy commandos stormed the Turkish-organized Gazoo Freedom Flotilla from dinghies and helicopters as the civilian fleet was in international waters. The attack left nine Turkish muscle, including a Turkish-American teenager, dead and more than 50 others maimed onboard the six-vessel Flotilla. In the face of widespread condemnation of the bloody onslaught, Israel defended the move by its army forces, claiming their use of deadly force was an act of "self-defense." But a report by a fact-finding committee mandated by the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) to probe the events surrounding the Flotilla attack charged Tel Aviv last month with violating international law and the human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... of the muscle on board the convoy. The UNCHR adopted the conclusions arrived at by the committee with 30 nations voting in favor and 15 states abstaining -- despite opposition from the United States, which became the only state to vote against the UN report. The Human Rights Commission concluded that Israel's siege on Gazoo is illegal because of the humanitarian crisis it causes for the impoverished population living in the enclave. It also condemned the Israeli attack on the Flotilla as "brutal and disproportionate." The Gazoo Freedom Flotilla was carrying 10,000 tons of aid supplies and 700 international muscle to the blockaded Gazoo Strip when it was attacked in the Mediterranean sea. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Have the Turks let the International Court Judgments against one of their richest criminal families by Nokia and Motorola be carried out yet? NO? So Shut The Fuck Up Turkey! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-10-15 20:55 |
| #5 PIMF!! Sorry about that. That first sentence should read, Each time, after losing the wars they started, the Arabs (and now the Turks) whine until the world fixes it for them, turning total losses into partial wins. The problem this time is, the ICC has no jurisdiction here, etc. My apologies for being incoherent. I clearly ought not to be multi-tasking at the moment. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-15 15:40 |
| #4 Whining was a juice thing, no? No. Each time, after losing the wars they started, the Arabs (and now the Turks) whine until the world problem is, the ICC has no jurisdiction here, being a voluntary rather than statutory organization, so the Turkish case is nothing more than a propaganda ploy, effective only with the ignorant and the antisemitic. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-15 15:25 |
| #3 "You can take it to the freakin' MOON for all I care, pal..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-10-15 11:06 |
| #2 Whining was a juice thing, no? Eternal victim, the whole world should help juice. |
| Posted by: Herb Whart1592 2010-10-15 01:38 |
| #1 Whine Whine Whine... |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-10-15 00:23 |