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Israel in the crosshairs
TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 06/04/2010 | John G. Winder

Posted on 06/04/2010 11:20:49 AM PDT by Patriot1259

flotilla" comes to light.

On May 31, 2010 Israeli Navy commandos boarded the Turkish-owned boat, Mavi Marmara, bound toward a blockade of Gaza that has been enforced since 2007 jointly by both Egypt and Israel. The confrontation on board the boat led to the death of nine people and seemingly unanimous worldwide condemnation upon Israel for their role in the raid.

The Mavi Marmara was sponsored by The Foundation for Human Rights, Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) and purported to be on a strictly “peaceful” and “humanitarian” mission. However, the The Times of London is reporting the IHH has a long history of involvement with Islamic extremism throughout the world and has even been linked to an attempted bombing of a U.S. airport.

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