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Europe

Gaza flotilla: Greeks return runaway Canadian ship to dock

2011-07-05

Canadian boat 'Tahrir' forced to return to Crete shortly after departure; refusing to identify captain, all 50 flotilla activists taken into custody.

The Greek Coast Guard stopped a Canadian ship soon after it set sail for the Gazoo Strip from Crete on Monday, the second time in three days Greek authorities have intercepted vessels headed for Gazoo in defiance of the Athens government.

A spokeswoman at the Greek embassy in Tel Aviv said that Greek commandos boarded the boat, named the Tahrir, shortly after it set sail, just as they did Friday in stopping an American vessel that was taking part in the Gazoo-bound flotilla. When the passengers on Monday refused to identify the captain of the ship, all 50 of them were taken into custody, she said.

On Friday, the Greek authorities published an order barring the departure of all ships flying either Greek or foreign flags to "the maritime area of Gazoo."

The Greek government explained that the move was taken because "certain groups of Greek and foreign citizens, without having received the necessary permission required according to the rules of safety, insisted to go through with the enterprise."

Posted by:trailing wife

#5 That's the kind of thing that tends to get your vessel impounded and your Master's ticket pulled.

Yea, well, these people are not accustomed to obeying laws---they're used to dealing with Israel that, de facto, if not de jure, has no rights under "International Law".

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-07-05 15:53

#4 That's the kind of thing that tends to get your vessel impounded and your Master's ticket pulled.

Posted by: mojo 2011-07-05 15:31

#3 A third ship from France has allegedly busted out of the Greek port. That is a serious criminal offense, and makes it officially a "pirate" vessel.

Violating harbor departure rules can be described as like "taking off in a 747 from a major airport without clearance or direction from the tower."

Importantly, it is an *international* offense, and the Greeks will likely not only send the French government a diplomatic nastygram, but issue an international arrest warrant valid throughout the EU.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-07-05 13:02

#2 What, all of them, de Medici? Even my Canadian girlfriend who recently became an American citizen, or the people from Hong Kong who bought Canadian citizenship for their children? Are you taking into consideration that Canada under Prime Minister Harper is a considerably better friend to Israel than is president Obama"s America? Your world must be a simple one, my dear.

Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-05 07:46

#1 Greece has gone up a notch in my estimation. Canadians have gone down one.

Ever lived on a farm and cleaned out the back of a downhill privy?
You load it on a two wheeled wagon and take it out and spread it on the sweet potatoe crop. Makes you think of Palestinians.... every shovel full.

Posted by: de Medici 2011-07-05 07:31

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