Posted on 12/30/2008 5:47:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Activists trying to bring aid to Gaza today claimed their boat had been rammed by Israeli gunboats in a "criminal attack" in international waters.
The Free Gaza Movement said its vessel, the Dignity, was intercepted by several Israeli vessels as it was heading to the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli aerial bombardment since Saturday.
One gunboat rammed the Dignity on the port bow side, causing heavy damage, although no one was hurt, the group said.
"[The Dignity] is taking on water and appears to have engine problems," the movement said on its website. "When attacked, the Dignity was clearly in international waters, 90 miles off the coast of Gaza.
"The gunboats also fired their machine guns into the water in an attempt to stop the mercy ship from getting to Gaza.
"Israel thumbs its nose in the face of maritime law by attacking a human rights boat in international waters and has put all of these human rights observers at risk.
"At no time was the Dignity ever close to Israeli waters. They clearly identified themselves and the Israeli attack was willful and criminal."
The group said the attack took place as the Dignity carried three tonnes of medical supplies at the request of doctors in Gaza.
The crew and passengers were hoping to treat some of those injured in four days of the Israeli air strikes, with hospitals in the territory overwhelmed.
The Dignity is still in international waters, 40 miles off Haifa, and is making its way slowly to Lebanon. The ship flies the flag of Gibraltar, is piloted by an English captain and its passenger list includes Cynthia McKinney, a former US congresswoman.
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I thought heros were people that did great things. People you’re supposed to look up to and emulate.
Oh, wait. Showing my age here. Grin.
Hear, hear!
Or is that har, har?!
Now that would be reality tv worth paying for! LOL
She appears crazed, and in need of the ramming..
McKinney’s boat....the Dignity?
I’ll take ironic boat names for $100, Alex.
Bill Clinton’s boat...the Chastity
Joe Biden’s boat...the Succinct
Ted Kennedy’s boat...the Temperance
“They asked her dad if he knew who had stopped her boat, and he said, It was the J-E-W-S”
And he would have been correct, for once.
That is an insult to all good and decent garden tools!
Oh man does that look like Cheech and Chong from one of their last movies!!! :-D
“Liberals really have no ability to grasp reality.”
Of course not. Because by facing reality they would have to take charge of their problems and take responsibility for themselves and the others who depend on them.
Of course, that isn’t what being a liberal is all about.
So, basically the Israelis should have known she was on board and avoided acting in their own interests?
If they knew she was on board they’d probably would’ve used a torpedo.
*snicker* If I’d known I would have sent info anonymously saying it is believed that a US based terrorist is on board and returning from a mission in the Saudi madrassas. One less Democrat and another point for freedom!
All I can say is that there’s never a Sub around when you need one ...
Interesting.... so this Paul Watson scumbag, who’s too far-out for Greenpeace, makes a career out of ramming other people’s boats.
These bozos should have been sunk by the Israeli navy — much too kind to let them slink away.
I wanted just one torpedo into Cynthia’s engine compartment..... of course, modern torpedos would blow that 60 foot yacht into little pieces.....
BWAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAA!
The indignity of the Dignity!
Butterbombs?
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