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| Aid ships in new bid to run Gaza blockade |
| 2011-11-02 |
| TWO ships carrying medical aid and activists have set sail from Turkey in a new bid to to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, pro-Palestinian activists say. The Freedom Waves group said the mini-flotilla made up of one Irish ship and one Canadian ship had left Fethiye on Turkey's south coast on Wednesday afternoon (local time) and planned to arrive in Gaza on Friday. The group said the two boats, the Canadian Tahrir and the Irish Saoirse were carrying 27 people, including journalists and crew members, along with $US30,000 ($29,127) worth of medicines. "Two civilian boats, the Canadian Tahrir (Liberation), and the Irish Saoirse (Freedom) ... are currently in international waters making their way to the beleaguered Gaza Strip to challenge Israel's ongoing criminal blockade of the territory." Activists organised a major attempt to break Israel's blockade in May 2010, when a flotilla of ships led by the Turkish Mavi Marmara tried to sail to Gaza. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Boy o' boy, ships are everywhere around GAZA + CYPRUS, BUT NONE ARE IN BRITAIN ... To wit, * VARIOUS > NAVY SAYS NO SHIPS TO DEFEND BRITAIN'S SHORES AFTER DEFENCE CUTS [+ Libyuh Operations]. Looks like the UK + NATO proper may have to depend on FRANCE to protect agz post-EURODOLLAR/FUND CRISIS GERMAN-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE - you know, Radical Islam. [OLD DREAMS/VISIONS = ISRAEL SURROUNDED, FRENCH MIL here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-11-02 21:04 |
| #5 Seize the ships and let the cargo through. Then auction the ships and donate the proceeds to the victims of Islamic terrorism. Everybody wins. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-11-02 19:16 |
| #4 Why not dock in Egypt? ;) |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-11-02 18:16 |
| #3 That's a lot of loot. Where are the Somali or Barbary pirates when you need them? And think of the hostage ransom potential. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-11-02 17:39 |
| #2 Sink 'em and don't go looking for survivors. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-11-02 16:59 |
| #1 Time, really Time, To call the Submarines, a hole in the water that will Yield No survivors. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-11-02 16:40 |