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2010-11-12 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza aid workers en route for Greece after dispute

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Posted by Steve White 2010-11-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 excerpt from AFP tells quite a different story. One that makes more sense...

The police said they were investigating what had happened, while an Ionian Bridge official, Maria Georgoulia, said a dozen activists had tried to storm the ship in the Libyan port of Derna on Thursday.

"They wanted to go to Egypt and then to Gaza," she said. "There is no contract between us and the activists, what they did was illegal."

She said that some 100 militants had gathered on the port at Derna on Wednesday wanting to board the Strofades IV.

"We called on the Libyan authorities to help us but finally seven Libyan police stayed on board the ship throughout the voyage without doing anything," Georgoulia added.

She said the crew had given food to the militants, "who put on a whole show on the deck, wearing lifebuoys and pretending to be in danger."

rest at link

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/101112/world/greece_libya_gaza_shipping_aid_1

Posted by Swanimote 2010-11-12 12:24|| 2010-11-12 12:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Other news reports have the Libyans and the "aid workers" saying it was a monetary dispute.

Posted by Pappy 2010-11-12 14:10|| 2010-11-12 14:10|| Front Page Top

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