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Originally posted by Chamberf=6
reply to post by clay2 baraka
That's a good question. Someone in Israel messed up in covering their tracks on this one. Wonder how the MSM will portray all this?
11:25pm EST
IDF soldiers are taking control of the IHH ship, but live stream is still working.
11:35pm EST
Haaretz.com: Several casualties in clash between Gaza aid #flotilla, Israel
11:50pm EST
At about 4:30 am, Israeli commandos dropped from helicopter onto deck of Turkish ship, immediately opened fire on unarmed civilians.'
11:51pm EST
Don't know fate of the other boats
Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza, according to a Turkish aid agency being quoted by Turkish media.
At least two people were killed and more than 30 people injured, the report said early on Monday.
Footage from the flotilla's lead vessel, the Mavi Marmara, appeared to show armed Israeli soldiers boarding the ship and helicopters flying overhead.
Earlier, the Israeli navy had contacted the captain of the Mavi Marmara, asking him to identify himself and say where the ship was headed.
Shortly after, two Israeli naval vessels had flanked the flotilla on either side, but at a distance.
Organisers of the attempted siege break, dubbed the Freedom Flotilla, then diverted their ships and slowed down to avoid a confrontation during the night.
They also issued all passengers life jackets and asked them to remain below deck.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, including a Nobel laureate and several European legislators, are with the flotilla, aiming to reach Gaza in defiance of an Israeli embargo.
But Israel has said it will not allow the flotilla to reach the Gaza Strip and vowed to stop the six ships from reaching the coastal Palestinian territory.
The flotilla had set sail from a port in Cyprus on Sunday and aimed to reach Gaza by Monday morning.
Israel said the boats were embarking on "an act of provocation" against the Israeli military, rather than providing aid, and that it had issued warrants to prohibit their entrance to Gaza.
It asserted that the flotilla would be breaking international law by landing in Gaza, a claim the organisers rejected.
Originally posted by PatesHatriots
reply to post by LittleSecret
If these people are looking towards the fat drugged out retarded masses in the west for their salvation, they're going to be waiting for awhile. I'm angry about too, but at the same time how many Peace missions or Aid missions have we seen Israel stamp out with violence in the past? If these people would just start organizing and fighting back or doing 1/1000th of what Israel accuses them of, they'd be much further along in the world.
I guarantee this will be a blip in the Western MSM if it's even reported at all. Westerns are numb to it and subjected to so much propaganda or their idiotic Christians that they won't even remember or think about this in a few days if not tomorrow.
Originally posted by clay2 baraka
Originally posted by Chamberf=6
reply to post by clay2 baraka
That's a good question. Someone in Israel messed up in covering their tracks on this one. Wonder how the MSM will portray all this?
I have been thinking about this question. .
Like the Gaza feed, Israel was probably utilizing the feed as a source for live intel. If that is the case, it is pretty obvious that they are not very worried about any international reaction to their actions. .
[edit on 5/30/2010 by clay2 baraka]
Originally posted by princeofpeace
I havent seen anywhere that Israel is going to attack any of tghe ships. They did say they would be boarded and the aid would be delivered after it was inspected for weapons smuggling.
Where do you guys come up with this leap in logic?