Posted on 05/31/2010 12:03:21 PM PDT by mdittmar
WASHINGTON, May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today urged President Obama to condemn what the Muslim civil rights group called an Israeli "massacre" of civilians on a flotilla of ships in international waters seeking to bring humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip. Israeli commandos killed at least 10 civilians in a pre-dawn raid on the flotilla.
Israel's attack on the flotilla has already been condemned by the international community.
SEE: Israeli Action Widely Condemned (LA Times)
Turkey, Germany, France Lead Condemnation of Israeli Ship Raid
A number of Americans, including former Ambassador Edward L. Peck, are among those taking part in the humanitarian aid effort. Other passengers include Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein and 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire of Northern Ireland. The nationalities of the dead are not yet known.
On Friday, CAIR's San Francisco Bay Area chapter (CAIR-SFBA) expressed concern for the safety of three local residents aboard the flotilla.
SEE: Bay Area Residents Aboard Gaza-Bound "Freedom Flotilla"
In a statement, United Nations officials said: "We wish to make clear that such tragedies are entirely avoidable if Israel heeds the repeated calls of the international community to end its counterproductive and unacceptable blockade of Gaza."
"It is imperative that President Obama not only speak out strongly against this massacre of civilians but also demonstrate our nation's outrage at Israel's brutal actions by taking concrete steps to end the humanitarian siege imposed on Gaza with America's support," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. "Our nation must now work to end the inhumane and illegal siege on Gaza."
Awad also urged the president to live up to his statement one year ago in Cairo in which he said that America will not turn its back on "the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity and a state of their own."
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Obama WILL condemn Israel....he always does!!
“CAIR: President Obama Must Condemn Gaza Flotilla ‘Massacre”
Hey CAIR, don’t start nuthin’ won’t BE nuthin’.
If it was up to me the wreckage of the Obama boats would be sitting on the bottom of the Med. With no apology.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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He will, don’t worry. He’ll condemn the loss of ‘innocent life’ while he continues to fund abortion here at home. He’s a pig and you know what they say about pigs and lipstick,,,,
Maybe, based on his previous actions. He is no fan of the Jews, that’s for sure. Meanwhile, why does anyone listen to CAIR?
If all muzzies laid down their guns tomorrow, there would be peace in the middle east. If all Israelis laid down their guns tomorrow, Israel would cease to exist.
Omoslem will, of course, condemn anything his fellow moslems don’t like. But I don’t CAIR.
Yeah probably do it at another barbecue at his Muslum buddy Farrakhan’s house. Wonder if they were having roast pig?
Hamas is getting exactly what they wanted and planned for.
PHUCK CAIR
Very true, but not very original.
Clear, Accurate and Consise. bravo.
Obviously, this was yet again a disproportionate response to Israel’s poor attackers who only had knives. Israel should apologize immediately for defending itself. /s
Condemn Israel? No problem for Obama. Just give the puppet masters time to load the teleprompter.
I must have missed it when CAIR condemned persecution of non-Muslims in Muslim countries.
CAIR got it WRONG! Obama should condemn the clearly violent Muslims in a premeditated attack on the Israeli soldiers. I suspect that the scripts for Press Releases for the quick condemnation of Israel were written before the event even occurred.
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