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2011-07-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

French Protest Boat Quits Greece for Gaza

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 A small French pleasure craft with eight protesters on board...

The S.S. Minnow vs. the Israeli Navy. Yeah, that'll work. Cue the Gilligan's Island theme...

Posted by PBMcL 2011-07-06 01:03|| 2011-07-06 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Olivier Besancenot, Green Party Euro-MP Nicole Kiil-Nielsen and trade unionist Annick Coupe

Poor Nicole, nowhere to run on a small boat.

Posted by gr(o)mgoru 2011-07-06 04:58|| 2011-07-06 04:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Why don't they go to Libya so Mo can kick their asses just like he's doing to their "military"

Posted by regular joe 2011-07-06 11:44|| 2011-07-06 11:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Que the "Somali Pirates", Shlomo...

Posted by mojo 2011-07-06 12:08|| 2011-07-06 12:08|| Front Page Top

#5 According to Ha'aretz, they turned back, not wanting to go on alone:

On early Tuesday morning, a French yacht participating in the flotilla left a port near Athens, but turned back after several hours, Israel Radio reported. The report stated that flotilla activists aboard the Dignite-Al Karama did not want to be the only ones sailing to the Strip, after the other boats were prevented from doing so by the Greek coast guard.

The announcement contradicted an earlier message posted by the organizers on the A French Boat for Gaza campaigns website, which stated that "late in the night, the French boat reached international waters. It is heading now towards Gaza." The post went on to say that "the Israeli blockade, which thanks to the Greek government has been extended to the gates of the European Union, has been broken.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-06 17:22|| 2011-07-06 17:22|| Front Page Top

#6 You can label 100% of flotoids as Anti-Semites.

Posted by Uneper Thomock8371 2011-07-06 20:07|| 2011-07-06 20:07|| Front Page Top

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